Webster's Dictionary 1913

8128

Priorate

Pri″or‐ate (?), n. [LL. prioratus: cf. F. priorat.] The dignity, office, or government, of a prior. T. Warton.

8129

Prioress

Pri″or‐ess, n. [OF. prioresse.] A lady superior of a priory of nuns, and next in dignity to an abbess.

8130

Priority

Pri‐or″i‐ty (?), n. [Cf. F. priorité. See Prior, a.] 1. The quality or state of being prior or antecedent in time, or of preceding something else; as, priority of application.2....

8131

Priorly

Pri″or‐ly (?), adv. Previously. Geddes.

8132

Priorship

Pri″or‐ship, n. The state or office of prior; priorate.

8133

Priory

Pri″o‐ry (?), n.; pl.Priories (#). [Cf. LL. prioria. See Prior, n.] A religious house presided over by a prior or prioress; — sometimes an offshoot of, an subordinate to, an abb...

8134

Pris

Pris (?), n. See Price, and 1st Prize.

8135

Prisage

Pris″age (?; 48), n. [OF. prisage a praising, valuing, taxing; cf. LL. prisagium prisage; or from F. prise a taking, capture, prize. See Prize.] (O. Eng. Law) (a) A right belong...

8136

Priscillianist

Pris‐cil″lian‐ist (?), n.(Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Priscillian, bishop of Avila in Spain, in the fourth century, who mixed various elements of Gnosticism and Manicheism with C...

8137

Prise

Prise (?), n. An enterprise. Spenser.

8138

Prise (2)

Prise, n. & v. See Prize, n., 5. Also Prize, v. t.

8139

Priser

Pris″er (?), n. See 1st Prizer.

8140

Prism

Prism (prĭz'm), n. [L. prisma, Gr. πρίσμα, fr. πρίζειν, πρίειν, to saw: cf. F. prisme.] 1. (Geom.) A solid whose bases or ends are any similar, equal, and parallel plane figures...

8141

Prism glass

Prism glass. Glass with one side smooth and the other side formed into sharp-edged ridges so as to reflect the light that passes through, used at windows to throw the light into...

8142

Prismatic

{ Pris‐mat″ic (?), Pris‐mat″ic‐al (?), } a. [Cf. F. prismatique.] 1. Resembling, or pertaining to, a prism; as, a prismatic form or cleavage.2. Separated or distributed by a pri...

8143

Prismatically

Pris‐mat″ic‐al‐ly, adv. In the form or manner of a prism; by means of a prism.

8144

Prismatoidal

Pris′ma‐toid″al (?), a. [Gr. �, �, prism + -oid: F. prismatoïde.] Having a prismlike form. Ure.

8145

Prismoid

Pris″moid (prĭz″moid), n. [Cf. F. prismtoïde.] A body that approaches to the form of a prism.

8146

Prismoidal

Pris‐moid″al (?), a. Having the form of a prismoid; as, prismoidal solids.

8147

Prismy

Pris″my (?), a. Pertaining to a prism.

8148

Prison

Pris″on (?; 277), n. [F., fr. L. prehensio, prensio, a seizing, arresting, fr. prehendre, prendere, to lay hold of, to seize. See Prehensile, and cf. Prize, n., Misprision.] 1. ...

8149

Prison (2)

Pris″on, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Prisoned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Prisoning.] 1. To imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to confine; to restrain from liberty.The prisoned eagle d...

8150

Prisoner

Pris″on‐er (?), n. [F. prisonnier.] 1. One who is confined in a prison. Piers Plowman.2. A person under arrest, or in custody, whether in prison or not; a person held in involun...

8151

Prisonment

Pris″on‐ment (?), n. Imprisonment. Shak.

8152

Pristinate

Pris″tin‐ate (?), a. Pristine; primitive. “Pristinate idolatry.” Holinshed.

8153

Pristine

Pris″tine (?), a. [L. pristinus, akin to prior: cf. F. pristin. See Prior, a.] Belonging to the earliest period or state; original; primitive; primeval; as, the pristine state o...

8154

Pritch

Pritch (?), n. [See Prick.] 1. A sharp-pointed instrument; also, an eelspear.2. Pique; offense. D. Rogers.