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Preceding
- 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"
- existing or coming before
- 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
- of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; "a retiring member of the board"
Precentor
- noun - the musical director of a choir
Preceptor
- noun - teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford)
Precessed
- verb - move in a gyrating fashion; "the poles of the Earth precess at a right angle to the force that is applied"
Precesses
- verb - move in a gyrating fashion; "the poles of the Earth precess at a right angle to the force that is applied"
Precieuse
- - An affected woman of polite society, esp. one of the literary women of the French salons of the 17th century. See aslo preciosity.
Precincts
- noun - a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes
Precipice
- noun - a very steep cliff
Precisely
- adverb - in a precise manner; "she always expressed herself precisely"
- indicating exactness or preciseness; "he was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do"; "it was just as he said--the jewel was gone"; "it has just enough salt"
- just as it should be; "`Precisely, my lord,' he said"