📖 P — The English dictionary · page 58

priest — Everyday, meaning 1: A priest is a person whose job is to lead religious services and look after people in a church or temple.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In some religions a priest makes special offerings or prayers for people.↗ Example: The priest welcomed everyone to the church.↗ · Father O'Brien is the priest at our local church.↗ · The priest blessed the new baby.↗ · In ancient Egypt priests worked in the temples.↗ · The priest read from the Bible.↗ · My uncle is training to become a priest.↗ · It was the captive Christian priest.↗ · Every male among the priests may eat thereof; it is most holy.↗ (Torah LEV.6.29, JPS 1917)↗ · And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.↗ (Torah NUM.31.31, JPS 1917)↗ · And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD.↗ (Torah NUM.5.16, JPS 1917)↗ · And of the priests: Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin; (Writings 1CH.9.10, JPS 1917)↗ · Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin, (Writings NEH.11.10, JPS 1917)↗ · He leadeth priests away stripped, and overthroweth the mighty.↗ (Writings JOB.12.19, JPS 1917)↗

priestess — Everyday, meaning 1: A woman who serves a god or goddess in a temple and leads the religious ceremonies.↗ Example: Io was a priestess of Hera.↗ · The priestesses kept the fire burning day and night.↗ · Only a priestess could enter the temple.↗

priesthood — Everyday, meaning 1: (church) The job and calling of being a priest.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (church) All the priests of a church or religion together.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (Bible, church) Christians believe in «the priesthood of all believers»: every believer can speak to God directly.↗ Example: My uncle decided to enter the priesthood.↗ · He trained for the priesthood for six years.↗ · In the Bible, Aaron and his sons held the priesthood.↗ · The priesthood of the church met to pray.↗ · Some churches allow women in the priesthood and some do not.↗ · She felt called to the priesthood when she was young.↗ · and that He hath brought thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee? and will ye seek the priesthood also?↗ (Torah NUM.16.10, JPS 1917)↗ · And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, that they may keep their priesthood; and the common man that draweth nigh shall be put to death.'↗ (Torah NUM.3.10, JPS 1917)↗ · and it shall be unto him, and to his seed after him, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was jealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.'↗ (Torah NUM.25.13, JPS 1917)↗ · Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.↗ (Writings NEH.13.29, JPS 1917)↗ · These sought their register, that is, the genealogy, but it was not found; therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood.↗ (Writings EZR.2.62, JPS 1917)↗

priestly — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Having to do with priests, or like a priest.↗

prim — Everyday, meaning 1: Very neat, proper and strict about manners; too careful about rules and never untidy.↗ Example: She sat prim and straight with her hands in her lap.↗ · "Don't be so prim," laughed the boy.↗ · The prim old lady frowned at the muddy children.↗

primal — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: First, earliest, from the very beginning.↗ Example: is '' the voices from nothing."↗ The Ten Sephiruth of the Kabalah are the " Ten Primary Emanations from the Divine Source " which are the primal forces leading to all manifestation upon every plane in succession.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

primarily — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Mainly, or in the first place; most of all.↗

primary — Everyday, meaning 1: Primary means first in importance; main.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Primary means first in order or time.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A primary school is the first school children go to, for about ages five to eleven.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: The primary colours are the colours that can be mixed to make many others.↗ Example: My little brother started primary school this term.↗ · Red, yellow and blue are the primary colours in painting.↗ · Mix two primary colours to make a secondary colour.↗ · Our primary aim is to keep everyone safe.↗ · A diary from the war is a primary source.↗ · Grass is a primary food for cows.↗ · And on yet another level, it refers to the physical body, the primary metaphorical sense in which the term is encountered in the SY.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · The Twenty-fifth Path is the Intelligence of Proba- tion, or is Tentative, and is so called because it is the primary temptation, by which the Creator trieth all righteous persons.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · The Twenty-fifth Path is the Intelligence of Probation, or is Tentative, and is so called because it is the primary temptation, by which the Creator (blessed be He) trieth all righteous persons.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗

primate — Everyday, meaning 1: A primate is a mammal belonging to the group that includes humans, apes (gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, gibbons), monkeys and lemurs; primates usually have hands that can grasp, forward-facing eyes and big brains.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (church) A primate is the most senior bishop of a country or region; for example, the Archbishop of Canterbury is called the Primate of All England.↗ Example: Humans, monkeys and apes are all primates.↗ · Primates have hands that can grip things.↗ · Lemurs are primates that live only in Madagascar.↗ · Many primates live in groups and look after their young for a long time.↗ · Chimpanzees are the primates most closely related to humans.↗ · Scientists study primates to learn how they use tools.↗ · (church) The Archbishop of Armagh is the Primate of All Ireland.↗ · Gorillas are the largest primates.↗

prime — Everyday, meaning 1: In maths, a prime number is a whole number greater than 1 that can only be divided exactly by 1 and itself.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Prime means main or most important.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Prime means of the best quality.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Someone's prime is the time when they are strongest or best.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To prime something means to get it ready, for example to put a first coat on wood before painting.↗ Example: 7 is a prime number because only 1 and 7 divide it.↗ · Is 9 prime?↗ No, 3 × 3 = 9.↗ · The prime factors of 12 are 2, 2 and 3.↗ · The Prime Minister spoke on the news.↗ · This is a prime example of good teamwork.↗ · The athlete was in her prime.↗ · Prime the wall before you paint it.↗ · 2 is the only even prime number.↗ · The Witch-Queen is put to death, and Nikita lives happily as the King's Prime Minister.↗

primer — Everyday, meaning 1: A primer is a first, easy book for learning to read or to count, or a short book that teaches the basics of a subject.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Primer is also a first coat of paint that helps the top paint stick.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A primer is also a small part that sets off a firework or bullet.↗ Example: The old arithmetic primer has 100 problems.↗ · He bought a can of primer.↗ · The primer costs 12 dollars.↗ · Children long ago learned to read from a primer.↗ · Paint the fence with primer before the red paint.↗ · This book is a primer on how volcanoes work.↗ · Let the primer dry before the next coat.↗

primeval — Everyday, meaning 1: Very, very old; from the earliest times of the world, long before people lived.↗ (A rather grand word.).↗ Example: Primeval forests grew here before anyone lived on the Earth.↗ · The gods of old were called primeval.↗ · Dinosaurs roamed the primeval world.↗ · These three mothers enclose a mighty mystery, most occult and most marvelous, sealed as with six rings, and from them proceed primeval Fire, Water, and Air; these are subsequently differentiated into male and female.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗

primitive — Everyday, meaning 1: Very simple and basic, not advanced: «a primitive tool made of stone».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Belonging to an early stage of development, long ago: «primitive life forms».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (art) A painter or style that is simple and untrained-looking on purpose or by nature.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (old, now hurtful) Once used about peoples or cultures thought to be «less advanced»; today this is seen as unfair and rude.↗ Example: Early humans made primitive tools from flint.↗ · Bacteria are among the most primitive living things.↗ · The hut was primitive, with no water or electricity.↗ · His first robot was primitive but it could move forward.↗ · Primitive fish had no jaws.↗ · We camped in primitive conditions on the island.↗ · Calling another people «primitive» is unfair; their ways are just different.↗ · They were at last blown on shore, for navigation was primitive in those days.↗ · 3) Primitive water emanated from the air.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · For an illustration may serve the twenty-two elementary substances by the primitive substance of Aleph (א).↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · For an illustration may serve the twenty-two elementary substances by the primitive substance of Aleph [25] (א).↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

primordial — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Existing from the very beginning of time; first and original.↗ Example: Note the order in which the primordial elements • were produced.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · In this interpretation, they are ten elemental entities or properties which bind or restrain primordial תֹּהוּ tohu, 'chaos, void, waste(land)' [Genesis 1:2], allowing structure and order to exist in creation.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · The Eighth Path is called Absolute or Perfect, because it is the means of the primordial, which has no root by which it can cleave, nor rest, except in the hidden places Of GEDULAH.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗

primrose — Everyday, meaning 1: A primrose is a small wild plant with pale yellow flowers that bloom early in spring, common in Britain and Europe.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Primrose, or primrose yellow, is a soft, pale yellow colour.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (a name) Primrose can be a girl's name.↗ Example: Primroses were flowering along the hedge in March.↗ · The woods were full of pale yellow primroses.↗ · We painted the bedroom primrose yellow.↗ · Please don't pick wild primroses; leave them for the bees.↗ · Primrose is one of the first flowers of spring.↗ · My aunt's cat is called Primrose.↗ · The primrose has a ring of five soft petals.↗ · Now and then he stooped to pluck a violet, or a primrose, or a yellow but-ter-cup.↗

primus — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A Latin word meaning "first"; "Tomus Primus" means "the first volume.".↗ Example: In Tomus Primus of "Artis Cabalisticæ hoc est reconditæ theologiæ et philosophiæ scriptorum."↗ Basileæ 1587, is found "Liber de Creatione Cabalistinis, Hebraice Sepher Jezira; Authore Abrahamo.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · In Tomus Primus of ** Artis Cabalisticae hoc est reconditae theologiae et philosophise script orum."↗ Basileae 1587, is found ** Liber de Creatione Cabalistinis, Hebraice Sepher Jezira ; Authore Abrahamo.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

prince — Everyday, meaning 1: A prince is a son or grandson of a king or queen.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A prince can be a man who rules a small country.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In stories a prince is a royal young man, often a hero.↗ Early Modern English, meaning 1: A leader or chief, such as the head of a tribe in the Torah, or a chief spirit in Sefer Yetzirah.↗ Example: The prince rode through the dark forest.↗ · In the story the frog turned into a prince.↗ · Prince Charming found Cinderella with the glass slipper.↗ · The young prince will be king one day.↗ · Monaco is ruled by a prince.↗ · She dressed up as a prince for the play.↗ · "But why not?" inquired the prince.↗ · And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.↗ (Torah NUM.22.15, JPS 1917)↗ · On the second day Nethanel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer: (Torah NUM.7.18, JPS 1917)↗ · the prince of the fathers' house of the Gershonites being Eliasaph the son of Lael, (Torah NUM.3.24, JPS 1917)↗ · And all the congregation murmured against the princes.↗ (Prophets JOS.9.18, JPS 1917)↗ · And Abimelech was prince over Israel three years.↗ (Prophets JDG.9.22, JPS 1917)↗ · By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.↗ (Writings PRO.8.15, JPS 1917)↗ · On the second day Nethanel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer:↗ (Torah NUM.7.18, JPS 1917) · "But why not?" inquired the prince.↗ (The Arabian Nights Entertainments) · It illuminates the splendor of all lights, and causes a supply of influence to emanate from the Prince of countenances.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)

princedom — Everyday, meaning 1: A country or land ruled by a prince; a principality.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The rank or position of a prince.↗ Example: The tiny princedom lay between two great kingdoms.↗ · Monaco is a small princedom by the sea.↗ · He inherited the princedom from his father.↗ · In the fairy tale, the princedom was cursed by a witch.↗ · The princedom had its own coins and flag.↗ · Old maps of Europe show many small princedoms.↗

princely — Everyday, meaning 1: Like a prince; fit for a prince, grand and fine.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Very large or generous: a princely sum.↗ Example: Ivan put on his princely robes.↗ · The king gave a princely feast.↗ · She was paid a princely sum for her work.↗ · Before I was aware, my soul set me upon the chariots of my princely people.↗ (Writings SNG.6.12, JPS 1917)↗