PRINCELINESS
PRINCELINESS, noun prins'liness. [from princely.]The state, manner or dignity of a prince.
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PRINCELY
PRINCELY, adjective prins'ly. Resembling a prince; having the appearance of one high born; stately; dignified; as a princely gentleman; a princely youth.1. Having the rank of pr...
PRINCESS
PRIN'CESS, noun A female sovereign, as an empress or queen.1. A sovereign lady of rank next to that of a queen.2. The daughter of a king.3. The consort of a prince; as the princ...
PRINCIPAL
PRIN'CIPAL, adjective [Latin principalis, from princeps.]1. Chief; highest in rank, character or respectability; as the principal officers of a government; the principal men of ...
PRINCIPALITY
PRINCIPAL'ITY, noun1. Sovereignty; supreme power.2. A prince; one invested with sovereignty. Titus 3:1.3. The territory of a prince; or the country which gives title to a prince...
PRINCIPALLY
PRIN'CIPALLY, adverb Chiefly; above all.They mistake the nature of criticism, who think its business is principally to find fault.
PRINCIPALNESS
PRIN'CIPALNESS, noun The state of being principal or chief.
PRINCIPATE
PRIN'CIPATE, noun Principality; supreme rule.
PRINCIPIA
PRINCIP'IA, nounplural [Latin principium.] First principles.
PRINCIPIATION
PRINCIPIA'TION, noun [from Latin principium.] Analysis into constituent or elemental parts. [Not used.]
PRINCIPLE
PRIN'CIPLE, noun [Latin principium, beginning.]1. In a general sense, the cause, source or origin of any thing; that from which a thing proceeds; as the principle of motion; the...
PRINCIPLED
PRIN'CIPLED, participle passive Established in opinion or in tenets; firmly fixed in the mind.
PRINCOCK
PRIN'COCKPRIN'COX, noun A coxcomb; a conceited person; a pert young rogue; a ludicrous word. [Little used.]
PRINCOX
PRIN'COX, n. A coxcomb; a conceited person; a pert young rogue; a ludicrous word. [Little used.]
PRINK
PRINK, verb intransitive1. To prank; to dress for show.2. To strut; to put on stately airs.
PRINT, verb transitive [Latin imprimo; in and premo, to press; promptus, pressed or pressing forward.]1. In general, to take or form letters, characters or figures on paper, clo...
PRINTED
PRINT'ED, participle passive Impressed; indented.
PRINTER
PRINT'ER, noun One that prints books, pamphlets or papers.1. One that stains or prints cloth with figures, as calico.2. One that impresses letters or figures with copper-plates.
PRINTING
PRINT'ING, participle present tense Impressing letters, characters or figures on any thing; making marks or indentations.PRINT'ING, noun The art or practice of impressing letter...
PRINTING-INK
PRINT'ING-INK, noun Ink used by printers of books.
PRINTING-PAPER
PRINT'ING-PAPER, noun Paper to be used in the printing of books, pamphlets, etc.; as distinguished from writing-paper, press-paper, wrapping-paper, etc.
PRINTING-PRESS
PRINT'ING-PRESS, noun A press for the printing of books, etc.
PRINTLESS
PRINT'LESS, adjective That leaves no print or impression; as printless feet.
PRIOR
PRI'OR, adjective [Latin comparative Probably the first syllable is contracted from pris, prid, or some other word, for the Latin has prisce, pristinus.]Preceding in the order o...
PRIORATE
PRI'ORATE, noun Government by a prior.
PRIORESS
PRI'ORESS, noun A female superior of a convent of nuns.
PRIORITY
PRIOR'ITY, noun The state of being antecedent in time, or of preceding something else; as priority of birth. The priority of Homer or Hesiod has been a subject of dispute.1. Pre...