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Praenomina
- noun - the first name of a citizen of ancient Rome
Praesidium
- noun - a permanent executive committee in socialist countries that has all the powers of some larger legislative body and that acts for it when it is not in session
Praetorial
- adjective - of or relating to a Roman praetor; "praetorial powers"
Praetorian
- adjective - a member of the Praetorian Guard
- characteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in the Praetorian Guard with respect to corruption or political venality; "a large Praetorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious...and often sycophantic people makes work and makes trouble"- Arthur M.Schlesinger Jr.
- of or relating to a Roman praetor; "praetorial powers"
Praetorium
- noun - the tent of an ancient Roman general
Preeminent
- adjective - greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement; "our greatest statesmen"; "the country's leading poet"; "a preeminent archeologist"
Preempting
- verb - acquire for oneself before others can do so
- gain possession of by prior right or opportunity, especially so as to obtain the right to buy (land)
- make a preemptive bid in the game of bridge
- take the place of or have precedence over; "live broadcast of the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour"; "discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor"
Preemption
- noun - a prior appropriation of something; "the preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests"
- the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject
- the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property)
- the right to purchase something in advance of others