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| Pronunciation:  |   | 'prImus, 'prImus
 
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- [n]  a portable paraffin cooking stove; used by campers  
 
- [n]  the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church of Scotland  
 
 
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|   | See Also: |   | bishop, cooking stove, kitchen range, kitchen stove, range, stove |       |  
 Webster's 1913 Dictionary |  
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|   | Definition: |   | \Pri"mus\, n. [L., the first.]
One of the bishops of the Episcopal Church of Scotland, who
presides at the meetings of the bishops, and has certain
privileges but no metropolitan authority. --Internat. Cyc.
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