Præfloration
(Præ`flo*ra"tion) n. Same as Prefloration. Gray.
Præfoliation
(Præ*fo`li*a"tion) n. Same as Prefoliation. Gray.
Præmaxilla
(Præ`max*il"la) n. See Premaxilla.
Præmolar
(Præ*mo"lar) a. See Premolar.
Præmorse
(Præ*morse") a. Same as Premorse.
Præmunire
(||Præm`u*ni"re) n. [Corrupted from L. praemonere to forewarn, cite. See Admonish.] (Eng.
Law) (a) The offense of introducing foreign authority into England, the penalties for which were originally
intended to depress the civil power of the pope in the kingdom. (b) The writ grounded on that offense.
Wharton. (c) The penalty ascribed for the offense of præmunire.
Wolsey incurred a præmunire, and forfeited his honor, estate, and life.
South. The penalties of præmunire were subsequently applied to many other offenses; but prosecutions upon a
præmunire are at this day unheard of in the English courts. Blackstone.
Præmunire
(Præm`u*ni"re), v. t.
1. To subject to the penalties of præmunire. [Obs.] T. Ward.
Præmunitory
(Præ*mu"ni*to*ry) a. See Premunitory.
Prænares
(||Præ*na"res) n. pl. [NL. See Pre-, Nares.] (Anat.) The anterior nares. See Nares. B. G.
Wilder.
Prænasal
(Præ*na"sal) a. (Anat.) Same as Prenasal.
Prænomen
(Præ*no"men) n.; pl. Prænomina [L., fr. prae before + nomen name.] (Rom. Antiq.) The
first name of a person, by which individuals of the same family were distinguished, answering to our
Christian name, as Caius, Lucius, Marcus, etc.
Prænominical
(Præ`no*min"ic*al) a. Of or pertaining to a prænomen. [Obs.] M. A. Lower.
Præoperculum
(Præ`o*per"cu*lum), n. [NL.] (Anat.) Same as Preoperculum. — Præ`o*per"cu*lar, a.
Præoral
(Præ*o"ral), n., Præpubis
(Præ*pu"bis), n., Præscapula
(Præ*scap"u*la), n., Præscutum
(Præ*scu"tum),
n., Præsternum
(Præ*ster"num), n. Same as Preoral, Prepubis, Prescapula, etc.
Præter-
(Præ"ter-) A prefix. See Preter- .
Præterist
(Præt"er*ist) n. (Theol.) See Preterist.
Prætermit
(Præ`ter*mit") v. t. See Pretermit.
Prætexta
(Præ*tex"ta) n.; pl. Prætextæ E. Prætextas [L. fr. praetextus, p. p. of praetexere to weave before,
to fringe, border; prae before + texere to weave.] (Rom. Antiq.) A white robe with a purple border,
worn by a Roman boy before he was entitled to wear the toga virilis, or until about the completion of his
fourteenth year, and by girls until their marriage. It was also worn by magistrates and priests.
Prætor
(Præ"tor) n. See Pretor.
Prætores
(||Præ*to"res) n. pl. [NL. See Pretor.] (Zoöl.) A division of butterflies including the satyrs.
