PRIESTESS
PRIE'STESS, noun A female among pagans, who officiated in sacred things.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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PRIESTHOOD
PRIE'STHOOD, noun The office or character of a priest.1. The order of men set apart for sacred offices; the order composed of priests.
PRIESTLIKE
PRIE'STLIKE, adjective Resembling a priest, or that which belongs to priests.
PRIESTLINESS
PRIE'STLINESS, noun The appearance and manner of a priest.
PRIESTLY
PRIE'STLY, adjective Pertaining to a priest or to priests; sacerdotal; as the priestly office.1. Becoming a priest; as priestly sobriety and purity of life.
PRIESTRIDDEN
PRIE'STRIDDEN, adjective [priest and ridden. See Ride.] Managed or governed by priests.
PRIEVE
PRIEVE, for prove.
PRIG
PRIG, noun1. A pert, conceited, saucy, pragmatical fellow.2. A thief.PRIG, verb intransitive To haggle about the price of a commodity.PRIG, verb transitive To filch or steal.
PRILL
PRILL, noun A birt or turbot.
PRIM
PRIM, adjective Properly, straight; erect; hence, formal; precise; affectedly nice.PRIM, verb transitive To deck with great nicety; to form with affected preciseness.
PRIMACY
PRI'MACY, noun [Latin primatus, from primus, first. See Prime.]1. The chief ecclesiastical station or dignity; the office or dignity of an archbishop.2. Excellency; supremacy.
PRIMAGE
PRI'MAGE, noun In commerce, a small duty payable to the master and mariners of a ship.
PRIMAL
PRI'MAL, adjective [See Prime.] First. [Not in use.]
PRIMARILY
PRI'MARILY, adverb [from primary.] In the first place; originally; in the first intention. The word emperor primarily signifies a general or military commander in chief. In dise...
PRIMARINESS
PRI'MARINESS, noun The state of being first in time, in act or intention.
PRIMARY
PRI'MARY, adjective [Latin primarius. See Prime.]1. First in order of time; original; as the church of Christ in its primary institution.These I call original or primary qualiti...
PRIMATE
PRI'MATE, noun [Low Latin primas. See Prime.]The chief ecclesiastic in the church; an archbishop.
PRIMATESHIP
PRI'MATESHIP, noun The office or dignity of an archbishop.
PRIMATIAL
PRIMA'TIAL, adjective Pertaining to a primate.
PRIMATICAL
PRIMAT'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to a primate.
PRIME
PRIME, adjective [Latin primus.]1. First in order of time; original; as prime fathers; prime creation.In this sense, the use of the word is nearly superseded by primitive, excep...
PRIMED
PRI'MED, participle passive Having powder in the pan; having the first color in painting.
PRIMELY
PRI'MELY, adverb At first; originally; primarily.1. Most excellently.
PRIMENESS
PRI'MENESS, noun The state of being first.1. Supreme excellence. [Little used in either sense.]
PRIMER
PRI'MER, adjective First; original. [Not in use.]PRIM'ER, noun A small prayer book for church service, or an office of the virgin Mary.1. A small elementary book for teaching ch...
PRIMER-FINE
PRIMER-FI'NE, noun In England, a fine due to the king on the writ or commencement of a suit by fine.
PRIMER-SEIZIN
PRIMER-SE'IZIN, noun [prime and seizin.] In feudal law, the right of the king, when a tenant in capite died seized of a knight's fee, to receive of the heir, if of full age, one...