principiant

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adjective

Relating to principles or beginnings.

OriginLatin principians →
Scrabble 17
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Meanings

adjectiveprincipiant (not comparable)
  1. not comparableuncommonRelating to principles or beginnings.

    principiant and mother sins

    1660, Jeremy Taylor, Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience in All Her General Measures; […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] James Flesher, for Richard Royston […], →OCLC
nounprincipiant (plural principiants)

plural principiants

    Origin

    1. Latinprincipians
    2. Englishprincipiant

    From Latin principians, present participle of principiare (“to begin”), from principium. See principle.

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    APA

    principiant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/principiant

    MLA

    “principiant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/principiant. Accessed November 3, 2026.

    Chicago

    WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “principiant,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/principiant.

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