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Primitive Fathers
Primitive Prim"i*tive, a. [L. primitivus, fr. primus the first: cf. F. primitif. See Prime, a.] 1. Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first; as, primitive innocence; the primitive church. ``Our primitive great sire.' --Milton. 2. Of or pertaining to a former time; old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity; as, a primitive style of dress. 3. Original; primary; radical; not derived; as, primitive verb in grammar. Primitive axes of co["o]rdinate (Geom.), that system of axes to which the points of a magnitude are first referred, with reference to a second set or system, to which they are afterward referred. Primitive chord (Mus.), that chord, the lowest note of which is of the same literal denomination as the fundamental base of the harmony; -- opposed to derivative. --Moore (Encyc. of Music). Primitive circle (Spherical Projection), the circle cut from the sphere to be projected, by the primitive plane. Primitive colors (Paint.), primary colors. See under Color. Primitive Fathers (Eccl.), the acknowledged Christian writers who flourished before the Council of Nice, A. D. 325. --Shipley. Primitive groove (Anat.), a depression or groove in the epiblast of the primitive streak. It is not connected with the medullary groove, which appears later and in front of it. Primitive plane (Spherical Projection), the plane upon which the projections are made, generally coinciding with some principal circle of the sphere, as the equator or a meridian. Primitive rocks (Geol.), primary rocks. See under Primary. Primitive sheath. (Anat.) See Neurilemma. Primitive streak or trace (Anat.), an opaque and thickened band where the mesoblast first appears in the vertebrate blastoderm. Syn: First; original; radical; pristine; ancient; primeval; antiquated; old-fashioned.

Meaning of Primitive Fathers from wikipedia

- The term primitive, in contrast with other uses, refers to a basis in scholarship and research into the actual writings of the church fathers and other...
- The Father in Primitive Psychology is a 1927 book by Polish anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski, describing the role of the father in the family of the...
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- translation of Jerome, p. 276. Butler, Alban (1799). The Lives of the Primitive Fathers, Martyrs, and other Prin****l Saints: Compiled from Original Monuments...
- the saint. The hagiographer Alban Butler wrote in his Lives of the Primitive Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Prin****l Saints, under 14 June, St DOCMAEL, C...
- hagiographer Alban Butler ( 1710–1773) wrote in his Lives of the Primitive Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Prin****l Saints, under October 18, Saint Julian...
- the primitive fathers for the first three hundred years, 1677; 2nd ed. (London, 1682). Reprinted in later years as Lives of the most eminent Fathers of...
- the Swedes. The hagiographer Alban Butler wrote in his Lives of the primitive fathers, martyrs, and other prin****l saints (1798), St. Erlulph, Bishop and...
- Containing Likewise the Lives of the Patriarchs, Prophets, Apostles, and Primitive Fathers; Emperors, Kings, Princes. J. Hartley ... W. Turner ... and Tho. Hodgson...
- Containing Likewise the Lives of the Patriarchs, Prophets, Apostles, and Primitive Fathers; Emperors, Kings, Princes ... J. Hartley ... W. Turner ... and Tho...