primipilar

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/ˌpɹaɪmɪˈpaɪlə(ɹ)/

adjective

Of or relating to the primipilus (captain of the vanguard of a Roman army).

OriginLatin primipilaris →
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Meanings

adjectiveprimipilar (not comparable)
  1. Ancient Romenot comparableOf or relating to the primipilus (captain of the vanguard of a Roman army).

    Upon ſuch grounds it may be reaſonable to allovv S. Peter a primacy of order; ſuch an one as the Ring-leader hath in a Dance, as the primipilar Centurion had in the Legion, or the Prince of the Senate had there, in the Roman State; […]

    a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “[The I. Supposition Discussed, that Saint Peter had a Primacy over the Apostles]”, in J[ohn] Tillotson, editor, A Treatise of the Pope’s Supremacy. […], London: […] Miles Flesher, for Brabazon Aylmer, […], published 1680, →OCLC, page 49

Origin

  1. Latinprimipilaris
  2. Englishprimipilar

From Latin primipilaris, from primipilus (“the centurion of the first cohort of a Roman legion”), from primus pilus (“the division made up of the triarii in the Roman army”).

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primipilar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/primipilar

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “primipilar,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/primipilar.

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