Primary
Primary [1]
(1): ( a.) First in order, as being preparatory to something higher; as, primary assemblies; primary schools.
(2): ( a.) Earliest formed; fundamental.
(3): ( a.) Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by, some quality or property in the first degree; having undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement.
(4): ( a.) First in order of time or development or in intention; primitive; fundamental; original.
(5): ( a.) First in dignity or importance; chief; principal; as, primary planets; a matter of primary importance.
(6): ( n.) That which stands first in order, rank, or importance; a chief matter.
(7): ( n.) A primary meeting; a caucus.
(8): ( n.) One of the large feathers on the distal joint of a bird's wing. See Plumage, and Illust. of Bird.
(9): ( n.) A primary planet; the brighter component of a double star. See under Planet.
