primer
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Is primer a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (historical, Catholicism ecclesiastical) A prayer or devotional book intended for laity, initially an abridgment of the breviary and manual including the hours of the Virgin Mary, 15 gradual and 7 penitential psalms, the litany, the placebo and dirige forming the office of the dead, and the commendations.Synonyms: book of hours, prayer bookhistorical
2. (historical, Protestantism ecclesiastical) Any of various similar works issued in England for private prayer in accordance with the Book of Common Prayer.historical
3. (New Zealand, obsolete) An elementary school class; an elementary school student.New-Zealandobsolete
noun (English)
1. (obsolete) A person who primes explosives.countableobsoleteuncountable
2. (obsolete) A person who primes wood, metal, etc.countableobsoleteuncountable
3. (biochemistry, genetics) A molecule which initiates the synthesis of an enzyme, (especially) a single-stranded nucleic acid molecule which initiates DNA replication.countableuncountable
4. (medicine, zoology) A pheromone which interacts first with the endocrine system.countableuncountable
adj (English)
1. (obsolete) First in time, initial, early.Examples: "the primer English kings"not-comparableobsolete
2. (obsolete) First in importance, premier.not-comparableobsolete
3. (obsolete, rare) First in position, foremost.not-comparableobsoleterare
Definition source: Wiktionary