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Noun: primum mobile  'pree-mûm 'mow-bi,ley
  1. An agent that is the cause of all things but does not itself have a cause
    "God is the primum mobile";
    - first cause, prime mover

Type of: causal agency, causal agent, cause

Encyclopedia: Primum mobile