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- adjective Obsolete form of
principal . - noun Obsolete form of
principal .
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Examples
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They saye morouer that in their Masse/they do offer vpp the sonne of godd vnto the eternall father for the synnes of the quicke and the deade: And this they do call the principall point of their masse.
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Then the great Can sitting in his throne, all his Barons present themselues before him, with wreaths and crownes vpon their heads, being diuersly attired, for some of them are in greene, namely the principall: the second are in red, and the third in yellow, and they hold each man in his hand a little Iuorie table of elephants tooth, and they are girt with golden girdles of halfe a foote broad, and they stand vpon their feete keeping silence.
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So that in the nature of man, we find three principall causes of quarrell.
Have You Heard The One About……. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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Sacrifices and Solemne Feasts, the Lords and principall men abused them to that detestable filthinesse; i.e. performed their peculiar worship.
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Some of the principall Jesuites likewise being found guilty of the foreknowledge of the Treason it selfe . . .
Archive 2006-09-01 Flavia 2006
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Some of the principall Jesuites likewise being found guilty of the foreknowledge of the Treason it selfe . . .
Ferule & Fescue Flavia 2006
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Thou must thinke, that the Prelates are such there, as heere thou seest them to be, and yet they must needes be in much better condition at Rome, because they are neere to the principall Pastor.
The Decameron 2004
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And to prevent thy dying of this disease, a dreame this night hath acquainted me with the principall occasion of thy sickenesse, to wit extraordinary affection to a young
The Decameron 2004
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Then said the principall of the Theevish crew: This horse shall be ours, in regard he hath no other Master, and let the owner come claime him of us.
The Decameron 2004
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Agilulffo, King of Lombardie, according as his Predecessours had done before him, made the principall seate of his Kingdome, in the
The Decameron 2004
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