Usually means: General statement in a syllogism.
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  1. major premise: Merriam-Webster
  2. major premise: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. major premise: Collins English Dictionary
  4. major premise: Vocabulary.com
  5. major premise: Wordnik
  6. major premise: Wiktionary
  7. Major premise, major premise: Dictionary.com
  8. Major premise: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. major premise: Rhymezone
  10. major premise: FreeDictionary.org
  11. major premise: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. major premise: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. major premise: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (major premise)

noun:  (logic) In a categorical syllogism, the premise whose terms are the syllogism's major term and middle term.

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