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CONSTANT PREVOST (1787-1856)

EUGENE MARCEL PREVOST (1862- )

PIERRE PREVOST (1751-1839)

PREY (0. Fr. preie, mod. proie, Lat. praeda, booty, from prae and the root hed—seen in prehendere, prendere, to grasp)

PRIAM (Gr. IlpLauos)

PRIBILOF ISLANDS (often called the Fur Seal Islands, Russian equivalent, " Kotovi ")

BARTHOLOMEW PRICE (1818–1898)

BONAMY PRICE (1807-1888)

RICHARD PRICE (1723-1791)

JAMES COWLES PRICHARD (1786-1848)

THOMAS PRIDE (d. 1658)

HUMPHREY PRIDEAUA (1648-1724)

MARQUISE DE JEANNE AGNES BERTHELOT DE PLENEUF PRIE (1698-1727)

PRIEGO DE CORDOBA

PRIENE (mod. Samsun kale)

PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

JOSEPH PRIESTLEY (1733-1804)

PRIEUR DE LA MARNE [PIERRE Louis PRIEUR] (1756-1827)

PIERRE PRIEUR (c. 1626-c. 1676)

COUNT DE REDS MARQUIS DE LOS CASTILLEJOS JUAN PRIM (1814-187o)

PRIMAGE (adopted from the Fr. primage, from prime, recompense, Lat. praemium, reward)

PRIMATE (from Low Lat. primas=one who held the first place, primas partes)

PRIMATES (Lat. primas, first)

PRIME MINISTER, or PREMIER

PRIME MINISTERS

PRIMER AND PRIMING PRIME

PRIMERO (Span. first)

THE PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH

THE PRIMROSE LEAGUE

MARCUS ANTONIUS PRIMUS

GIUSEPPE PRINA (1768–1814)

PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

PRINCE ALEXANDER MAVROCORDATO (1791–1865)

PRINCE ANIKITA IVANOVICH REPNIN (1668—1726)

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

ALEXANDER MIKHAILOVICH PRINCE GORCHAKOV (1798—1883)

PRINCE MIKHAIL DMITRIEVICH (2795-186I)

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

PRINCIPAL AND AGENT

PRINCIPAL AUTHORITIES

PRINCIPAL EDITIONS OF SELECTED PLAYS

PRINCIPE ISLAND

PRINCIPLE OF STUDY

SIR JOHN PRINGLE (1707–1782)

NATHANAEL PRINGSHEIM (1823-1894)

JAMES PRINSEP (1999-1840)

VALENTINE CAMERON PRINSEP (1838-1904)

PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

PRIOR (from Lat. prior—former, and hence superior, through O. Fr. priour)

MATTHEW PRIOR (1664-1721)

PRISCIAN [PRISCIANUS CAESARIENSIS]

PRISCILLIAN (d. 385)

TRICHTINA PRISHTINA

PRISM (Gr. rrpivµa, properly a thing sawn, Irpii"ety, to saw)

PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

CHARLES PRITCHARD (1808–1893)

HANNAH PRITCHARD (1711-1768)

PRIVY COUNCIL OFFICE

PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

PRIZREN (also written Prisren, Prisrend, Prizrendi, Prezdra and Perzerin)

NIKOLAI MIKHAILOVICH PRJEVALSKY [PRZHEVALSKY] (1839–1888)

PROA (Malay, prau)

PROBABILISM (from Lat. probare, to test, approve)

PROBABILITY (Lat. probabilis, probable or credible)

PROBOSCIDEA (animals " with a proboscis ")

MARCUS AURELIUS PROBUS

MARCUS VALERIUS PROBUS

PROCEDURE (Fr. procedure, from Lat. procedere, to go for-ward)

PROCESSES FOR GAUGING

PROCESSION PATH (Lat. ambitus templi)

PROCIDA (Gr. Ilpoxi ro, Lat. Prochyta)

PROCLAMATION (Lat. proclamare, to make public by announcement)

PROCLUS, or PROCULUS (A.D. 410-485)

PROCOPIUS OF GAZA (c. 465–528 A.D.)

PROCRUSTES (Gr. for " the stretcher ")

BRYAN WALLER PROCTER (1787–1874)

ALEXANDER PHIMISTER PROCTOR (1862– )

RICHARD ANTHONY PROCTOR (1837-1888)

PROCURATION (Lat. procurare, to take care of)

PROCURATOR (Lat. procurare, to take care of)

PRODICUS OF CEOS (b. c. 465 or 450 B.C.)

PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

PROGNATHISM (Gr. 7rpb, forward, and yv&Oos, jaw)

PROGNOSIS (Gr. apayvcooas, knowledge of recognition before-hand, from 'IrpoycyvwaKEtP, to know beforehand, cf. " prognostication," prediction)

PROGRAMME MUSIC

PROGRAMME, or PROGRAM

PROGRESS OF GEOGRAPHICAL

PROGRESS OF NATIONAL BANKS

PROHIBITION (Lat. prohibere, to prevent)

THEOFAN PROKOPOVICH (1681-1736)

PROLEGOMENON (Gr. for " that which is said beforehand," 7rpoMyew, to speak, say before)

PROLETARIAT, or PROLETARIATE

PROLOGUE (from Gr. 7rpo, before, and Myer, a word)

1 PROLOGUE AND GREETING

PRONGBUCK, PRONGHORN, or (in America)

PRONUNCIATION (Lat. pronuntiatio, from pronuntiare, proclaim, announce, pronounce)

GASPARD CLAIR FRANCOIS MARIE RICHE DE PRONY (1755-1839)

PROOF (in M. Eng. preove, proeve, preve, &°c., from O. Fr . prueve, proeve, &c., mod. preuve, Late. Lat. proba, probate, to prove, to test the goodness of anything, probus, good)

SEXTUS PROPERTIUS (ft. 30-15 B.C.)

PROPHET (Irpo4i ri7s)

PROPYL ALCOHOLS (C3H7OH)

PROPYLAEA (Ilp6sruXov, 1pol- mala)

PROSCENIUM (Gr. 7rpoutci/veov)

PROSELYTE (Gr.IrpoaiXvros)

PROSERPINE (Proserpina)

PROSKUROV, or PLOSKUROV

PROSODY (Gr. rpovwSta)

PROSPECTUS (Lat. for view, look-out, prospect, from prospicere, to look forward)

PROSPER OF AQUITAINE, or PROSPER TIRO (c. 390-C. 465)

PROSSNITZ (Czech Prostejov)

PROSTITUTION (from Lat. prostituere, to expose publicly)

PROSTYLE (Gr. irpo, before, and vriiXos, a column)

PROTAGORAS (c. 481-411 B.C.)

PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL

PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH

PROTESTANTENVEREIN

PROTEUS (Proteus anguinus)

PROTHESIS (Gr. 7rpbOeo•tc, a setting forth, from 7rportOEvau, to set forward or before)

PROTOCOL (Fr. protocole, Late Lat. protocollum, from Gr. vrp(;rros, first, and KoXXav, to glue, i.e. originally the first sheet of a papyrus roll)

PROTOGENES (E. Haeckel)

PROTOMYEA (E. Haeckel)

PROTOZOA (Gr. 7rpwros, first, and i'woe, living thing)

PIERRE JOSEPH PROUDHON (1809-1865)

ANTONIN PROUST (1832–1905)

JOSEPH LOUIS PROUST (1754–1826)

SAMUEL PROUT (1783–1852)

WILLIAM PROUT (1785-1850)

PROVENCAL LANGUAGE

PROVENCAL LITERATURE

PROVENCE (Provincia, Proenza)

PROVERB (Lat. proverbium, from pro, forth, publicly, verbum, word; the Greek equivalent is irapolµia, from 7rapa, alongside, and oiµos, way, road, i.e. a wayside saying; Ger. Sprichwort)

BOOK OF PROVERBS (Heb. Mishle Slzelomoh, " Proverbs of Solomon," abridged by the later Jews to Mishle; Septuagint, irapotpiai or II. EaX.; Lat. Vulg. Parabolae sal. and Liber proverbiorum)

PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

PROVISION (Lat. provisio)

PROVISIONAL ORDER

PROVOST (through O. Fr. prevost, mod. prevot, Lat. praepositus, set over, from praeponere, to place in front)

PROXY (short for " procuracy ")

AURELIUS CLEMENS PRUDENTIUS (348-c. 410)

PRUNE (adapted in various forms, e.g. prunne, proyne, &c., from Fr. prune, Med. Lat. pruna, Lat. prunum, Gr. irpovvov, earlier Trpouµvov, plum)

PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

PRUSSIC ACID, or HYDROCYANIC ACID, HCN

HANS PRUTZ (1843– )

ROBERT EDUARD PRUTZ (1816-1872)

WILLIAM PRYNNE (1600-1669)

ROGER ATKINSON PRYOR (1828– )

PSALM (from the Gr. word * hXAew, to play the harp)

GEORGE PSALMANAZAR (c. 1679–1763)

PSALMS, BOOK OF, or PSALTER

PSALTERION PSALTERY

PSAMMETICHUS (Egypt. Psammetk)

PSELLUS (Gr.'I' XXor)

PSEUDONYM (Gr. >l ev&,vuµos, having a false name, ¢Evirls, false and ovoµa, name)

PSEUDOPODIUM PSEUDOPOD

PSOROSPERMIASIS

PSYCHE (//vxi7)

PSYCHICAL RESEARCH

PSYCHOLOGY (>Guxrl, the mind or soul, and X yos, theory)

PSYCHOPHYSICS (from Gr. ifivXil, soul, 4uvcs, nature)

PTARMIGAN (Lagopus mutus or alpinus)

PTERIA (mod. Boghaz Keui)

PTERIDOPHYTA (Gr. 1ripts, fern, and d,vrde plant)

PTERODACTYLES (Gr. for wing-fingers)

PTERON (Gr. arepov, a wing)

PTOLEMY (CLAUDIUS PTOLEMAEUS)

PUBERTY (Lat. pubertas, from pubes, puber, mature, adult)

LAW OF PUBLIC HEALTH

PUBLILIUS (less correctly PUBLIUS) SYRUS

PUBLIUS CORNELIUS LENTULUS

GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858– )

GEORG FRIEDRICH PUCHTA (1798—1846)

PUEBLA (full title La Puebla de los Angeles, and more recently, Puebla de Zaragoza)

PUENTE GENIL, or PUENTE JENIL

PUERPERAL FEVER (Lat. puerpera, from Auer, child, and parcre, to bring forth)

PUERTO CORTES (CORTEZ or CABALLOS)

PUERTO DE SANTA MARIA

PUERTO PRINCIPE (officially, CAMAGUEY)

SAMUEL PUFENDORF (1632-1694)

PIERRE PUGET (1622-1694)

PUGILISM (from Lat. pugil, boxer, Gr. 76E, with clenched fist)

AUGUSTUS WELBY NORTHMORE PUGIN (1812-1852)

PUISNE (from O. Fr. puisne, modern puine, later born, inferior; Lat. postea, afterwards, and natus, born)

PUKET (also known by the Chinese name Tongkah)

COUNT CASIMIR PULASKI (1748-1779)

LUIGI PULCI (1431-1487)

HERNANDO DE PULGAR (1436-c. 1492)

PULKOVO, or PULKOWA

PULPIT (from Lat. pulpitum, a staging, platform: equivalents are Fr. chaire d'eglise, Ital. pulpito, Ger. Kanzel)

PULQUE, or PULQUE FUERTE

FERENCZ AUREL PULSZKY (1814—1897 )

PUMICE (Lat. purnex, spumex, spuma, froth)

PUNCTUATION (Lat. punctum, a point)

PUNDIT (Hindi pandit; Skr. pandita)

PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

PUNKAH (Hindostani pankha)

WILLIAM MORLEY PUNSHON (1824-1881)

PUNT (from Lat. ponto, pontoon; connected with pons, bridge)

PUNTARENAS, or PUNTA ARENAS

PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

HENRY PURCELL (1658-1695)

SAMUEL PURCHAS (1575?-1626)

PURDAH (Pers. parda)

PURGATORY (Late Lat. purgatorium, from purgare, to purge)

PURI, or JAGANNATH

PURITANISM (Lat. puritas, purity)

PURSE (Late Lat. bursa, adapted from Gr. Gupta, hide, skin; possibly O. Eng. pusa, bag, has influenced the change from b to p)

PURSUIVANT (0. Fr. porsivant, poursivant, mod. poursuivani, strictly an attendant, from poursuirore, to follow)

PURVEYANCE (Lat. providere, to provide)

EDWARD BOUVERIE PUSEY (1800-1882)

ALEXANDER PUSHKIN (1799-1837)

PUTEOLI (mod. Pozzuoli, q.v.)

EDLER GUSTAV HEINRICH GANS PUTLITZ

ISRAEL PUTNAM (1718–1790)

RUFUS PUTNAM (1738-1824)

PUTTEE, or PUTTIE

GEORGE PUTTENHAM (d. 1590)

PUTTING THE SHOT (or WEIGHT)

ROBERT VON PUTTKAMMER (1828-1900)

PIERRE CECILE PUVIS DE CHAVANNES (1824-1898)

ANTOINE DE LAAGE PUYLAURENS

PWLLHELI (" salt pit;" or " pool ")

PYANEPSIA, or PYANOPSIA (from Gr. iruavos = Keayos, bean, and aka)

FELIX PYAT (1810-1889)

PYCNOGONIDA, or PANTOPODA

PYCNOSTYLE (Gr. srvKvos, close, compact, and ariiAos, column)

HENRY JAMES PYE (1745-1813)

PYGMY TRIBES (Central Africa)

PYGMY, or PIGMY (Gr. avy,uavos, from avypij, a Greek measure of length corresponding to " the distance between the elbow and knuckles " of a man of average size)

HOWARD PYLE (1853– )

PYLOS (mod. Navarino)

JOHN PYM (1584-1643)

PYRAMIDAL CLASS (Hemimorphic)

PYRAMIDAL CLASS (Hemimorphic-tetartohedral)

PYRAMIDION (diminutive of " pyramid ")

PYRAMUS AND THISBE

PIAZINES PYRAZINES

Fr. Pyrenees] PYRENEES [Span. Pirineos

PYRGI (mod: 'St i 1t)

METADIAZINES PYRIMIDINES

PYROCATECHIN, or PYROCATECHOL

PYROGALLOL, or PYROGALLIC ACID