Prī-mĭ′sh′-ă, n.

(prī′mĭsh′-ă), n.; pl. PRĪ-MĬ′TI-Æ (PRĪ-MĬ′TI-ÆS, obs.). [Lat., from primus, first.] 1. (Law.) The first fruit; the first year’s whole profit of a spiritual preferment. Blount. “The primitias of your parsonage.” Spenser. 2. (pl.) (Med.) The waters discharged before the extrusion of the fetus. Dunglison.