Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Pride (2)

Pride, n. [AS. prȳte; akin to Icel. prȳði honor, ornament, pr��a to adorn, Dan. pryde, Sw. pryda; cf. W. prydus comely. See Proud.] 1. The quality or state of being proud; inord...

7967

Pride (3)

Pride, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Prided; p. pr. & vb. n.Priding.] To indulge in pride, or self-esteem; to rate highly; to plume; — used reflexively. Bp. Hall.Pluming and priding himsel...

7968

Pride (4)

Pride, v. i. To be proud; to glory.

7969

Prideful

Pride″ful (?), a. Full of pride; haughty. Tennyson.— Pride″ful‐ly, adv. — Pride″ful–ness, n.

7970

Prideless

Pride″less, a. Without pride. Chaucer.

7971

Pridian

Prid″i‐an (?), a. [L. pridianus.] Of or pertaining to the day before, or yesterday. Thackeray.

7972

Pridingly

Prid″ing‐ly (?), adv. Proudly.

7973

Prie

Prie (?), n.(Bot.) The plant privet. Tusser.

7974

Prie (2)

Prie, v. i. To pry. Chaucer.

7975

Pried

Pried (?), imp. & p. p. of Pry.

7976

Priedieu

Prie′dieu″ (?), n. A kneeling desk for prayers.

7977

Prief

Prief (?), n. Proof. Spenser. Lydgate.

7978

Prier

Pri″er (?), n. [From Pry.] One who pries; one who inquires narrowly and searches, or is inquisitive.So pragmatical a prier he is into divine secrets. Fuller.

7979

Priest

Priest (?), n. [OE. prest, preost, AS. preóst, fr. L. presbyter, Gr. � elder, older, n., an elder, compar. of � an old man, the first syllable of which is probably akin to L. pr...

7980

Priest (2)

Priest (?), v. t. To ordain as priest.

7981

Priest-ridden

Priest″–rid′den (?), a. Controlled or oppressed by priests; as, a priest-ridden people. Swift.

7982

Priestcap

Priest″cap′ (?), n.(Fort.) A form of redan, so named from its shape; — called also swallowtail.

7983

Priestcraft

Priest″craft′ (?), n. Priestly policy; the policy of a priesthood; esp., in an ill sense, fraud or imposition in religious concerns; management by priests to gain wealth and pow...

7984

Priestery

Priest″er‐y (?), n. Priests, collectively; the priesthood; — so called in contempt. Milton.

7985

Priestess

Priest″ess, n. A woman who officiated in sacred rites among pagans. Abp. Potter.

7986

Priesthood

Priest″hood (?), n. 1. The office or character of a priest; the priestly function. Bk. of Com. Prayer.2. Priests, taken collectively; the order of men set apart for sacred offic...

7987

Priesting

Priest″ing, n. The office of a priest. Milton.

7988

Priestism

Priest″ism (?), n. The influence, doctrines, principles, etc., of priests or the priesthood.

7989

Priestless

Priest″less, a. Without a priest. Pope.

7990

Priestlike

Priest″like′ (?), a. Priestly. B. Jonson.

7991

Priestliness

Priest″li‐ness (?), n. The quality or state of being priestly. R. Browning.

7992

Priestly

Priest″ly, a. Of or pertaining to a priest or the priesthood; sacerdotal; befitting or becoming a priest; as, the priestly office; a priestly farewell. Shak.