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Meanings of primary meaning in English

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Usage of primary meaning in English
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The primary meaning of religious liberty relates to the structure of the state.
The Guardian
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Such seems to be the primary meaning of these terms.
Ethics — Part 4
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But its primary meaning relates to the nonconformist, multiplicitous nature of the rising singer himself.
The Irish Times
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This refers evidently to the present dispensation, and evidently in its primary meaning to temporal things.
A Narrative of some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller. P...
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The primary meaning of aegis was a shield.
The Irish Times
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The primary meaning of this guarding of oneself is to acquire the attributes of spiritual and material perfection.
The Secret of Divine Civilization
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By Thackeray and some other writers it is also employed rather affectedly in its primary meaning of ''pertaining to a maid-servant.''
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
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Perhaps no medieval preacher except Bruno de Malpas would even have thought of alluding to the literal and primary meaning of the words.
Earl Hubert's Daughter / The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of ...
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The idea of straightness or evenness is the primary meaning of the word, and is, of course, appropriate to the image of a path.
Expositions of Holy Scripture / Second Kings Chapters VIII to En...
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