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Pre-Empt
- noun - a high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding
Prebends
- noun - the stipend assigned by a cathedral to a canon
Preceded
- verb - be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"
- be the predecessor of; "Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands"
- come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"
- furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"
- move ahead (of others) in time or space
Precedes
- verb - be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"
- be the predecessor of; "Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands"
- come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"
- furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"
- move ahead (of others) in time or space
Precepts
- noun - a doctrine that is taught; "the teachings of religion"; "he believed all the Christian precepts"
- a general rule intended to regulate behavior or thought.
- rule of personal conduct
Predella
- - The step, or raised secondary part, of an altar; a superaltar; hence, in Italian painting, a band or frieze of several pictures running along the front of a superaltar, or forming a border or frame at the foot of an altarpiece.
Prefects
- noun - a chief officer or chief magistrate; "the prefect of Paris police"
Preheats
- verb - heat beforehand; "Preheat the oven!"
Prehends
- verb - take hold of; grab; "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals"