imprimis
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of imprimis
1425–75; late Middle English < Latin, contraction of phrase in prīmīs in the first place, above all
Example Sentences
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Hortus Uplandicus, sive enumeratio plantarum exoticarum Uplandiæ, quæ in hortis vel agris coluntur, imprimis autem in horto Academico Upsaliensi.
From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by MacGillivray, William
Museum Reginæ Louisæ Ulricæ, in quo Animalia rariora Exotica, imprimis Insecta et Conchylia describuntur et determinantur; et Musei Regis Adolphi prodromus tomi secundi.
From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by MacGillivray, William
In famossissimo illo libello magico Rasiel, quem Kabbalist� in magna veneratione habent, tria imprimis secreta alphabeta leguntur, qu� a communi Ebraicarum litterarum forma & ductu in multis abeunt.
From Mysticism and its Results Being an Inquiry into the Uses and Abuses of Secrecy by Delafield, John
Jam inde non belli gloria quam humanitatis cultu inter florentissimas orbis Christiani gentes imprimis floruit.
From The Anatomy of Melancholy by Burton, Robert
Quare cum animum Euangelica lectione ritè instituisset, transtulit sua studia ad rem Medicam, artem imprimis liberali ingenio dignam.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Hakluyt, Richard
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