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300 *præbendarius:—a prebendary.
 * præeptor:—an officer of the knights of the Temple.
 * præcantare:—to sing beforehand.
 * præceptoria:—the benehce assigned to the office of præceptor.
 * præcessor:—vanguard.
 * præcipitaria:—a battering ram.
 * præconia:—superiority; fame.
 * præconisare:—to foresee; to foretell; to proclaim.
 * præconsa:—some vestment.
 * præcontestis:—a previous fellow-witness.
 * præfectus:—a mayor.
 * præferentia:—preference; the right of receiving firstfruits.
 * præferrementum:—a prerogative; a privilege.
 * prælata:—an abbess.
 * prælatia:—ecclesiastical dignity.
 * prælatus:—a magistrate; a bishop; an abbot or abbess; a prior or prioress.
 * prælibare:—to mention before.
 * præmasticare:—to discuss beforehand.
 * præmiabilis:—deserving of reward.
 * præmunire:—to cite (for præmonere).
 * præposilura:—a reeveship, constableship; a district under the jurisdiction of such an officer.
 * præpositus:—a provost; a constable or reeve; a warden (of a church); a bailiff; the prior of a Benedictine Abbey.
 * præogativa:—prerogative.
 * præsellum:—a saddle bow.
 * præsentare:—to present.
 * præssentia:—a present, a gift.
 * præsentialiter:—immediately; in presence of; as a gift.
 * præstare:—to let.
 * præstitum:—an advance of money.
 * præsul:—a chief; a bishop; an abbot; a judge.
 * præsulatus:—a bishopric; an abbacy.
 * prama:—a prame, i.e., a barge or lighter.
 * pramo:—a bargee.
 * precaria, precarium:—a request by a lord to his tenant for aid or tax; extra service performed by tenants in ploughing and harvest, boonday, benewerk. See bedrepium.
 * precentaria:—precentorship.
 * precentor:—a precentor, a chanter.
 * precipitaria:—a battering ram.
 * precis. See precaria.
 * preciunt:—they cost.
 * preco:—a crier.
 * precula:—a rosary.
 * premorium:—a primer.
 * prenticius:—an apprentice.
 * prenum:—a press for wine, &c.
 * prephatia:—used for præfatio.
 * presbyter:—a priest.
 * presbyterayium:—the income of a parish priest.