primum mobile
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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
The grand difficulty is to find a primum mobile, or first mover, when the very act of seeking implies a primum mobile, which the conditions of the act deny.
From A Review of Edwards's by Tappan, Henry Philip
A less impracticable subject for excitement,--the primum mobile of all American patriotism and activity, if we are to believe the theories of the times,--could not be found, than this gentleman.
From Homeward Bound or, the Chase by Cooper, James Fenimore
