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  1. 1. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. an agent that is the cause of all things but does not itself have a cause Source: wordnet
  3. 3. 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. Source: webster
  4. 4. In the Ptolemaic system, the outermost of the revolvingconcentric spheres constituting the universe, the motion of which wassupposed to carry with it all the inclosed spheres with their planetsin a daily revolution from east to west. See Crystalline heavens,under Crystalline.The motions of the greatest persons in a government ought to be, asthe motions of the planets, under primum mobile. Bacon. Source: adambom

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