Definition of Primum mobile
Pri´mum mob´i`le
1.
(Astron.)
In
the
Ptolemaic
system
,
the
outermost
of
the
revolving
concentric
spheres
constituting
the
universe
,
the
motion
of
which
was
supposed
to
carry
with
it
all
the
inclosed
spheres
with
their
planets
in
a
daily
revolution
from
east
to
west
.
See
Crystalline
heavens
,
under
Crystalline
.
The
motions
of
the
greatest
persons
in
a
government
ought
to
be
,
as
the
motions
of
the
planets
,
under
primum
mobile
.
- Bacon.
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,
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,
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,
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,
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