Coating Applied to Prepare a Surface for Paint
Puzzle 11 of Common Dreams Hard Pack
Question is: Coating Applied to Prepare a Surface for Paint
and the answer is: PRIMER
Word Meaning:
PRIMER — (historical, Catholicism ecclesiastical) A prayer or devotional book intended for laity, initially an abridgment of the breviary and manual including the hours of the Virgin Mary, 15 gradual and 7 penitential psalms, the litany, the placebo and dirige forming the office of the dead, and the commendations.
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