GLOSSARY.
POSTERITIES, Ps. 106. 31, generations; so R.V.
Amonge all posterityes for evermore. Coverdale. Lat. posteritas( Vulg.). POTSHERD, Ps. 22. 15, a fragment of pottery; sherd, a broken thing; O.E. sceard.
POWERS, Epi. e, angelic beings; 21 Tr. e, evil spirits.
PRAYER, 0. Fr. preiere( mod. prière); It. pregaria; Late Lat. precaria, prayers, demands( Ducange); from Lat. precari, to pray.
PREACH, Ps. 2. 7,' I will preach the law,' I will tell of the decree;
so R.V.; Fr. prêcher; Lat. prædicare, to declare in public.
PREACHERS, Ps. 68. 11, the Heb. should be rendered' The women that publish the tidings are a great host;' so R.V.
PREACHING, XII., the delivery of a public discourse on sacred
matters.
PRECEDENT, xv. r, preceding, going before.
Another defect which I note ascendeth a little higher than the precedent. Bacon, Adv. of L.( W.B.W.). PREMONISH, xxvII.( Priests), to warn; cp. Lat. præmonere( Vulg.). PRENTICE, XVIII. r, a learner of a trade; a shortened form of apprentice; Late Lat. apprenticius; see Ducange.
PRESENTATION( of Christ in the Temple), Pur. St. M. g. the presenting of Jesus by His parents to the Lord, Luke 2. 22; Eccles. Lat. præsentatio. See Dict. of Christian Antiquities, p. 1140.
PRETORIUM, Tu. b. E. g, the residence of the Roman governor; Lat. prætorium( Vulg.)= patTópiov. From Lat. prætor, the governor of a province.
PREVENT, 17 Tr. c, to come to meet, and so, to help. Lat. prævenire, to come before.
Thou didest prevent him with liberal blessings. Geneva, Ps. 21. 3.
PRIEST, Ps. 132. 17= Heb. kohen, one of the family of Aaron, whose descendants alone could offer sacrifice unto the Lord.
PRIEST, xxvII., in the Christian Church the designation of one belonging to the second order of the ministry. O.E. preost; Lat. presbyter( Vulg.); Gr. peoßúrepos ( in N.T. an elder). See ELDERS. PRIME, VIII., the Golden Number. See p. 30.
PRIMITIVE( Church), xxIv., the church of the early ages; Lat. primitivus( Vulg.).
PRINCES, xxIx. 21, reigning sovereigns; Lat. princeps, lit. the first. PRINCIPALITIES, Epi. e; 21 Tr. e, beings bearing rule in the supernatural world; Lat. principalitas; in the Vulg. principatus. PRIVY, XII., secret.
In the dai whanne God schal deme the privy thingis of men aftir my gospel. Wyclif, Rom. 2. 16. O.Fr. privé; Lat. privatum, apart. PROPER( Lessons), v., lessons selected, and belonging to a certain Sunday or Holy- day; Lat. proprius, one's own, special. PROPERTY, xv.,' whose property is always to have mercy,' essential character, peculiar quality.
This hath been the property of God since the beginning. Coverdale( W.B.W.). O.Fr. propreté; Lat. proprietatem ( Vulg.).
PROPHETS, 1x.( Te Deum), the inspired teachers of the O. T. church; St. Mk. e, Christian teachers and expounders speaking under the influence of the Holy Spirit. Lat. propheta( Vulg.)= mpоońтns, one who speaks forth.
PROPITIATION, 1 Tr. e; xv.( 1 John 2. 2), the means whereby God has been made propitious, favourable to us; Lat. propitiatio. PROSELYTES, Wh. S. e, converts to Judaism; Lat. proselytus( Vulg.) = mpoonAvтos; lit. one who has come to a place, a sojourner, hence in N. T. a convert. See Aids( art. JEWISH SECTS).
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