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Prefectorial
Prefectorial Pre`fec*to"ri*al, a.
Of or pertaining to a prefect.
Prefectship
Prefectship Pre"fect*ship, n.
The office or jurisdiction of a prefect.
Prefecundation
Prefecundation Pre*fec`un*da"tion, n. (Physiol.)
A term collectively applied to the changes or conditions
preceding fecundation, especially to the changes which the
ovum undergoes before fecundation.
Prefecundatory
Prefecundatory Pre`fe*cun"da*to*ry, a.
Of or pertaining to prefecundation.
Preferability
Preferability Pref`er*a*bil"i*ty, n.
The quality or state of being preferable; preferableness.
--J. S. Mill.
Preferableness
Preferableness Pref"er*a*ble*ness, n.
The quality or state of being preferable.
Preferably
Preferably Pref"er*a*bly, adv.
In preference; by choice.
To choose Plautus preferably to Terence. --Dennis.
Preferential
Preferential Pref`er*en"tial, a.
Giving, indicating, or having a preference or precedence; as,
a preferential claim; preferential shares.
Preferential voting
Preferential voting Preferential voting (Political Science)
A system of voting, as at primaries, in which the voters are
allowed to indicate on their ballots their preference
(usually their first and second choices) between two or more
candidates for an office, so that if no candidate receives a
majority of first choices the one receiving the greatest
number of first and second choices together in nominated or
elected.
Preferment
Preferment Pre*fer"ment, n.
1. The act of choosing, or the state of being chosen;
preference. [R.]
Natural preferment of the one . . . before the
other. --Sir T.
Browne.
2. The act of preferring, or advancing in dignity or office;
the state of being advanced; promotion.
Neither royal blandishments nor promises of valuable
preferment had been spared. --Macaulay.
3. A position or office of honor or profit; as, the
preferments of the church.
Preferrer
Preferrer Pre*fer"rer, n.
One who prefers.
Reprefe
Reprefe Re*prefe" (r?-pr?f"), n.
Reproof. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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