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Definition of Primordial
1. Adjective. Having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state. "Primordial forms of life"
Definition of Primordial
1. a. First in order; primary; original; of earliest origin; as, primordial condition.
2. n. A first principle or element.
Definition of Primordial
1. Adjective. first, earliest or original ¹
2. Adjective. (biology) characteristic of the earliest stage of the development of an organism, or relating to a primordium ¹
3. Adjective. primeval ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Primordial
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Primordial
Literary usage of Primordial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Geology: Designed for Schools and Academies by James Dwight Dana (1870)
"The term primordial signifies first in order, or, in this place, the period of
the first ... The strata of the primordial or Potsdam period, in America, ..."
2. A Text-book of Geology: Designed for Schools and Colleges by James Dwight Dana (1868)
"The term primordial signifies first in order, or, in this place, ... The strata
of the primordial or Potsdam period, in America, over the Interior ..."
3. The Metaphysics of the School by Thomas Harper (1881)
"The reason of this is, not that primordial Matter has no entitative act of any sort
... Besides, as primordial Matter and substantial form are correlatives, ..."
4. Isis Unveiled: A Master-key to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Science by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1892)
"Alchemists claim that primordial or pre-Adamic earth when reduced to its first
... This primordial substance is said to contain within itself the essence of ..."
5. New Text-book of Geology: Designed for Schools and Academies by James Dwight Dana (1883)
"The strata of the primordial period, in America, over the Interior Continental
basin, ... These are the oldest of American primordial rocks, and have been ..."
6. Chemical and Geological Essays by Thomas Sterry Hunt (1875)
"Although from these facts it was probable that these lower members of the New
York system might correspond to the primordial fauna of Barrande, ..."
7. The Secret Doctrine: The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1893)
"primordial SUBSTANCE AND DIVINE THOUGHT. As it would seem irrational to affirm
... For the Occultists, however, both Ether and the primordial Substance are ..."
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