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  1. primigenialadjective

    First of all, first born, primary, original.

    What difference is there, then, between God and primigenial chaos? uE000553040uE001 Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose.

  2. Etymology: From latin adjective "primus" (first) and "genio" (from "generare", to create) + suffix -al

Webster Dictionary

  1. Primigenialadjective

    first born, or first of all; original; primary. See Primogenial

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Primigenial

    prī-mi-jē′ni-al, adj. first-born or made: primary: constituent—also Primogē′nial.—adjs. Primig′enous, Primigē′nious, first formed; Primogen′ital (obs.), Primogen′itary, Primogen′itive, of or belonging to primogeniture.—ns. Primogen′itor, the first begetter or father: a forefather; Primogen′iture, state of being born first of the same parents: (law) the right of the eldest son to inherit his father's estates; Primogen′itureship. [Fr.,—L. primo-genitus, first-born—primus, first, gignĕre, genitum, to beget.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of primigenial in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of primigenial in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5


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