Webster's Dictionary 1913

7480

Prelatess

Prel″a‐tess (?), n. A woman who is a prelate; the wife of a prelate. Milton.

7481

Prelatial

Pre‐la″tial (?), a. Prelatical. Beaconsfield.

7482

Prelatic

{ Pre‐lat″ic (?), Pre‐lat″ic‐al (?), } a. Of or pertaining to prelates or prelacy; as, prelatical authority. Macaulay.

7483

Prelatically

Pre‐lat″ic‐al‐ly, adv. In a prelatical manner; with reference to prelates. Milton.The last Georgic was a good prelude to the Æneis.

7484

Prelation

Pre‐la″tion (?), n. [L. praelatio: cf. F. prélation. See Prelate, and cf. Prefer.] The setting of one above another; preference. Jer. Taylor.

7485

Prelatism

Prel″a‐tism (?), n. Prelacy; episcopacy.

7486

Prelatist

Prel″a‐tist (?), n. One who supports of advocates prelacy, or the government of the church by prelates; hence, a high-churchman. Hume.I am an Episcopalian, but not a prelatist. ...

7487

Prelatize

Prel″a‐tize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Prelatized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Prelatizing (?).] To bring under the influence of prelacy. Palfrey.

7488

Prelatize (2)

Prel″a‐tize, v. i. To uphold or encourage prelacy; to exercise prelatical functions.An episcopacy that began then to prelatize. Milton.

7489

Prelatry

Prel″a‐try (?), n. Prelaty; prelacy.

7490

Prelature

{ Prel″a‐ture (?; 135), Prel″a‐ture‐ship }, n. [F. prélature, or LL. praelatura.] The state or dignity of a prelate; prelacy. Milman.

7491

Prelaty

Prel″a‐ty (?), n. Prelacy. Milton.

7492

Prelect

Pre‐lect″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Prelected; p. pr. & vb. n.Prelecting.] [L. praelectus, p. p. of praelegere to read before. See Pre-, and Lection.] To read publicly, as a lectu...

7493

Prelect (2)

Pre‐lect″, v. i. To discourse publicly; to lecture.Spitting... was publicly prelected upon. De. Quincey.To prelect upon the military art. Bp. Horsley.

7494

Prelection

Pre‐lec″tion (?), n. [L. praelectio.] A lecture or discourse read in public or to a select company. “The prelections of Faber.” Sir M. Hale.

7495

Prelector

Pre‐lec″tor (?), n. [L. praelector.] A reader of lectures or discourses; a lecturer. Sheldon.

7496

Prelibation

Pre′li‐ba″tion (?), n. [L. praelibatio, fr. praelibare to taste beforehand: cf. F. prelibation.] 1. A tasting beforehand, or by anticipation; a foretaste; as, a prelibation of h...

7497

Preliminarily

Pre‐lim″i‐na‐ri‐ly (?), adv. In a preliminary manner.

7498

Preliminary

Pre‐lim″i‐na‐ry (?), a. [Pref. pre + L. liminaris belonging to a threshold, fr. limen, liminis, threshold, entrance: cf. F. préliminaire. Cf. Limit.] Introductory; previous; pre...

7499

Preliminary (2)

Pre‐lim″i‐na‐ry, n.; pl.Preliminaries (�). That which precedes the main discourse, work, design, or business; something introductory or preparatory; as, the preliminaries to a n...

7500

Prelimit

Pre‐lim″it (?), v. t. To limit previously.

7501

Prelook

Pre‐look″, v. i. To look forward. Surrey.

7502

Prelude

Pre″lude (?), n. [F. prélude (cf. It. preludio, LL. praeludium), fr. L. prae before + ludus play. See Prelude, v. t.] An introductory performance, preceding and preparing for th...

7503

Prelude (2)

Pre‐lude″ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Preluded; p. pr. & vb. n.Preluding.] [L. praeludere, praelusum; prae before + ludere to play: cf. F. préluder. See Ludicrous.] To play an intro...

7504

Prelude (3)

Pre‐lude″, v. t. 1. To introduce with a previous performance; to play or perform a prelude to; as, to prelude a concert with a lively air.2. To serve as prelude to; to precede a...

7505

Preluder

Pre‐lud″er (?), n. One who, or that which, preludes; one who plays a prelude. Mason.

7506

Preludial

Pre‐lud″i‐al (?), a. Of or pertaining to a prelude; of the nature of a prelude; introductory.