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primum mobile

[pree-moom moh-bi-le, prahy-muhm mob-uh-lee, pree-] / ˈpri mʊm ˈmoʊ bɪˌlɛ, ˈpraɪ məm ˈmɒb əˌli, ˈpri- /


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The innermost was the central and unmoving earth; outward from the earth were the spheres of the moon, of the five known planets, of the sun and the zodiac, and finally the primum mobile.

From Time Magazine Archive

Seraphs, the most powerful angels, kept the primum mobile moving; cherubs moved the zodiac, thrones the sphere of Saturn, and so on down to the moon, which fell under the care of common angels.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was no doubt whatever that Judge McCamant was the primum mobile of the chain of accidents which made our present President.

From Time Magazine Archive

That is the reason why both ancient and modern mathematicians, aside from the motion of the primum mobile, were forced to admit and consider the peculiar movements of the planets themselves.

From The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe by Dorothy Stimson

Prince Rupert, whoe is nowe knowen to bee the primum mobile of that mischeef, iss strangely unsatisfied with Wilmot's resolutione.

From Rupert Prince Palatine by Eva Scott


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