PRELATESHIP
PRE'LATESHIP, noun The office of a prelate.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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PRELATIC
PRELAT'ICPRELAT'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to prelates or prelacy; as prelatical authority.
PRELATICAL
PRELAT'ICAL, a. Pertaining to prelates or prelacy; as prelatical authority.
PRELATICALLY
PRELAT'ICALLY, adverb With reference to prelates.
PRELATION
PRELA'TION, noun [Latin proelatio, proefero.] Preference; the setting of one above another. [Little used.]
PRELATISM
PRE'LATISM, noun Prelacy; episcopacy.
PRELATIST
PRE'LATIST, noun [form prelate.] An advocate for prelacy or the government of the church by bishops; a high churchman.I am an episcopalian, but not a prelatist
PRELATURE
PRE'LATUREPRE'LATURESHIP, noun The state or dignity of a prelate.
PRELATURESHIP
PRE'LATURESHIP, n. The state or dignity of a prelate.
PRELATY
PRE'LATY, noun Episcopacy; prelacy. [Not in use.]
PRELECT
PRELECT', verb transitive [Latin proelectus, proelego; proe, before, and lego, to read.] To read a lecture or public discourse.
PRELECTION
PRELEC'TION, noun [Latin proelectio.] A lecture or discourse read in public or to a select company.
PRELECTOR
PRELEC'TOR, noun A reader of discourses; a lecturer.
PRELIBATION
PRELIBA'TION, noun [from Latin proelibo; proe, before, and libo, to taste.]1. Foretaste; a tasting beforehand or by anticipation.The joy that proceeds from a belief of pardon is...
PRELIMINARY
PRELIM'INARY, adjective [Latin proe, before, and limen, threshhold or limit.]Introductory; previous; proemial; that precedes the main discourse or business; as preliminary obser...
PRELUDE
PRE'LUDE, noun [Low Latin proeludium, from proeludo; proe, before, and ludo, to play.]1. A short flight of music, or irregular air played by a musician before he begins the piec...
PRELUDED
PRELU'DED, participle passive Preceded by an introductory performance; preceded.
PRELUDER
PRE'LUDER, noun One that plays a prelude, or introduces by a previous irregular piece of music.
PRELUDING
PRELU'DING, participle present tense Playing an introductory air; preceding.PRELU'DI0US, adjective Previous; introductory.
PRELUDIUM
PRELU'DIUM, noun [Low Latin] A prelude.
PRELUSIVE
PRELU'SIVE, adjective Previous; introductory; indicating that something of a like kind is to follow; as prelusive drops.
PRELUSORY
PRELU'SORY, adjective Previous; introductory; prelusive.
PREMATURE
PREMATU'RE, adjective [Latin proematurus; proe, before, and maturus, ripe.]1. Ripe before the natural or proper time; as the premature fruits of a hot bed.2. Happening, arriving...
PREMATURELY
PREMATU'RELY, adverb Too soon; too early; before the proper time; as fruits prematurely ripened; opinions prematurely formed; measures prematurely taken.1. Without due evidence ...
PREMATURENESS
PREMATU'RENESSPREMATU'RITY, noun Ripeness before the natural or proper time.1. Too great haste; unseasonable earliness.
PREMATURITY
PREMATU'RITY, n. Ripeness before the natural or proper time.1. Too great haste; unseasonable earliness.
PREMEDITATE
PREMED'ITATE, verb transitive [Latin proemeditor; proe, before, and meditor, to mediate.] To think on and revolve in the mind beforehand; to contrive and design previously; as, ...