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† ˈprimices, n. pl. Obs.
Also 4 prymysies, primyssis, primycies, 6 premities, 7 premices.
[a. OF. pri-, premices (12th c. in Littré, mod.F. prémices):—L. prīmitiæ, -iciæ first-fruits, f. prīmus first.]
First-fruits.
c1250Gen. & Ex. 921 Abel primices first bi-gan. 1382Wyclif Ezek. xx. 40 There I shal seche ȝour prymysies [gloss or first fruytis]. 1382― Rev. xiv. 4 Primycies [gl. or firste fruytis] to God, and to the lomb. 1595T. P. Goodwine Blanchardine ii. Ded., And as these (my Premities, patronized by you) shall seeme pleasing; so wil I alwaies be most readie..to offer it vp in all dutie at your shrine. 1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 683 The primices and first gatherings of those herbs and roots. 1693Dryden Disc. Orig. & Prog. Satire Ess. (ed. Ker) II. 54 Fruits offered to the gods at their festivals, as the premices, or first gatherings. |