Webster's Dictionary 1828

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PRIORLY

PRI'ORLY, adverb Antecedently. [A bad word and not used.]

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PRIORSHIP

PRI'ORSHIP, noun The state or office of prior.

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PRIORY

PRI'ORY, noun A convent of which a prior is the superior; in dignity below an abbey.1. Priories are the churches given to priors in titulum, or by way of title.

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PRISAGE

PRI'SAGE, noun A right belonging to the crown of England, of taking two tons of wine from every ship importing twenty tons or more; one before and one behind the mast. This by c...

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PRISCILLIANIST

PRISCIL'LIANIST, noun In church history, one of a sect so denominated from Priscillian, a Spaniard, bishop of Avila, who practiced magic, maintained the errors of the Manichees,...

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PRISM

PRISM, noun [Low Latin prisma; Gr. to cut with a saw, to press or strain.] A solid whose bases or ends are any similar, equal and parallel plane figures, and whose sides are par...

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PRISMATIC

PRISMAT'ICPRISMAT'ICAL, adjective Resembling a prism; as a prismatic form.1. Separated or distributed by a prism; formed by a prism; as prismatic colors.2. Pertaining to a prism.

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PRISMATICAL

PRISMAT'ICAL, a. Resembling a prism; as a prismatic form.1. Separated or distributed by a prism; formed by a prism; as prismatic colors.2. Pertaining to a prism.

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PRISMATICALLY

PRISMAT'ICALLY, adverb In the form or manner of a prism.

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PRISMATOIDAL

PRISMATOID'AL, adjective [Latin prisma.] Having a prismatic form.

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PRISMOID

PRIS'MOID, noun [Latin prisma and Gr. form.]A body that approaches to the form of a prism.

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PRISMY

PRIS'MY, adjective Pertaining to or like a prism.

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PRISON

PRISON, noun priz'n. [Latin prendo.]1. In a general sense, any place of confinement or involuntary restraint; but appropriately, a public building for the confinement or safe cu...

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PRISON-BASE

PRIS'ON-BASE, noun A kind of rural sports; commonly called prison-bars.

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PRISON-HOUSE

PRIS'ON-HOUSE, noun A house in which prisoners are confined; a jail. Judges 16:1.

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PRISONED

PRIS'ONED, participle passive Imprisoned; confined; restrained.

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PRISONER

PRIS'ONER, noun One who is confined in a prison by legal arrest or warrant.1. A person under arrest or in custody of the sheriff, whether in prison or not; as a prisoner at the ...

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PRISONING

PRIS'ONING, participle present tense Confining; imprisoning.

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PRISONMENT

PRIS'ONMENT, noun Confinement in a prison; imprisonment.[The latter is commonly used.]

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PRISTINE

PRIS'TINE, adjective [Latin pristinus. See Prior and Proe.]original; primitive; as the pristine state of innocence; the pristine manners of a people; the pristine constitution o...

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PRITHEE

PRITH'EE, a corruption of pray thee, as I prithee; but it is generally used without the pronoun, prithee

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PRIVACY

PRI'VACY, noun [form private.] A state of being in retirement from the company or observation of others; secrecy.1. A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat; so...

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PRIVADO

PRIVA'DO, noun A secret friend. [Not used.]

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PRIVATE

PRI'VATE, adjective [Latin privatus, from privo, to bereave, properly to strip or separate; privus, singular, several, peculiar to one's self, that is, separate; rapio, diripio,...

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PRIVATEER

PRIVATEE'R, noun [from private.] A ship or vessel of war owned and equipped by a private man or by individuals, at their own expense, to seize or plunder the ships of an enemy i...

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PRIVATELY

PRI'VATELY, adverb In a secret manner; not openly or publicly.1. In a manner affecting an individual or company. He is not privately benefited.

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PRIVATENESS

PRI'VATENESS, noun Secrecy; privacy.1. Retirement; seclusion from company or society.2. The state of an individual in the rank of common citizens, or not invested with office.