Obs. [f. FIRST a. + -SHIP.] The position of being first.
1632. Lynde, Via Tuta, 39. Peter had a Primacy of Order, that is, a First-ship among the Apostles.
1661. Fuller, Worthies Suffolk (1662), III. 67. Two Firstships met in this Man [Necton], for he Handselled the House-Convent.… Secondly, He was the first Carmelite, who in Cambridge took the Degree of Doctor in Divinity.
