Word Meanings - PRIMATICAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to a primate. Barrow.

PRIMATES
The highest order of mammals. It includes man, together with the apes and monkeys. Cf. Pitheci.
PRIMATE
One of the Primates. (more info) 1. The chief ecclesiastic in a national church; one who presides over other bishops in a province; an archbishop.
PERTAIN
stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
BARROWIST
A follower of Henry Barrowe, one of the founders of Independency or Congregationalism in England. Barrowe was executed for nonconformity in 1953.
PRIMATESHIP
The office, dignity, or position of a primate; primacy.
BARROW
A wicker case, in which salt is put to drain. (more info) 1. A support having handles, and with or without a wheel, on which heavy or bulky things can be transported by hand. See Handbarrow, and Wheelbarrow.
HANDBARROW
A frame or barrow, without a wheel, carried by hand.
WHEELBARROW
A light vehicle for conveying small loads. It has two handles and one wheel, and is rolled by a single person.
ARCHPRIMATE
The chief primate. Milton.
SEA BARROW
A sea purse.
APPERTAIN
To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach