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/sˌɛkəndˈɛrəli/ Listen

adverb

Secondarily adv.

In a secondary manner or degree.

Secondly; in the second place. (Obs.) "God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers."

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... high station. All were assured that these men would fail in no point in what was charged to them, and would lose no opportunity. Much more envy than pity was expressed, as this was a matter that everyone desired, especially for the service and honor of God—and secondarily for the advantage that would accrue to all of them, through the great trade that would ensue, and the despatch of so good news to the king. Then the governor summoned those who had been appointed, to the ...

— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume VI, 1583-1588 • Emma Helen Blair

... "Am. Antiquarian," March, 1884, p. 99. (41) It may be that no mounds were built for signaling purposes alone. The work of erecting mounds was so great that it is quite likely they were always erected for some other purpose, and used only secondarily for signal purposes. Such is shown to be the case with many of the signal mounds in Ohio. Such is the opinion of Mr. MacLean, who has made extensive researches. (42) Force's "Some Consideration of the Mound Builders," p. 65. (43) Similar ...

— The Prehistoric World - Vanished Races • E. A. Allen

... was conceived as a satyr-play following a tragedy ("Tannhauser"), and though there can be no doubt that it was designed to teach a lesson in art, it nevertheless aims primarily to amuse, and only secondarily to instruct and correct. Moreover, even the most cutting of its satirical lashes are administered with ...

— A Book of Operas - Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music • Henry Edward Krehbiel

... produces something else by its very being, is the most perfect mode of production, because vestiges of it are seen in the last of things; thus fire imparts heat, by its very essence, and snow coldness. And in short, this is a producing of that kind, in which the effect is that secondarily which the cause is primarily. As this mode of production therefore, from its being the most perfect of all others, originates from the highest natures, it will consequently first belong to those self-subsistent ...

— Introduction to the Philosophy and Writings of Plato • Thomas Taylor

... Readers was due primarily to their adaptation to the general demand of the schools and secondarily to the energy and skill ...

— A History of the McGuffey Readers • Henry H. Vail

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