| PRELATESHIP | • prelateship n. The rank or office of prelate. • PRELATESHIP n. the office of prelate. | 
| PRELATESSES | • prelatesses n. Plural of prelatess. • PRELATESS n. a female prelate. | 
| PRELATISING | • prelatising v. Present participle of prelatise. • PRELATISE v. to bring under the influence of the prelacy, also PRELATIZE. | 
| PRELATIZING | • prelatizing v. Present participle of prelatize. • PRELATIZE v. to bring under the influence of the prelacy, also PRELATISE. | 
| PRELAUNCHED | • PRELAUNCH v. to launch in advance. | 
| PRELAUNCHES | • PRELAUNCH v. to launch in advance. | 
| PRELECTIONS | • prelections n. Plural of prelection. • PRELECTION n. a lecture or discourse read in public or to a select company. | 
| PRELIBATION | • prelibation n. A tasting beforehand, or by anticipation; a foretaste. • prelibation n. A pouring out, or libation, before tasting. • PRELIBATION n. a foretaste; an offering of first fruits. | 
| PRELIMINARY | • preliminary adj. In preparation for the main matter; initial, introductory, preparatory. • preliminary n. A preparation for a main matter; an introduction. • preliminary n. Any of a series of sports events that determine the finalists. | 
| PRELIMITING | • prelimiting v. Present participle of prelimit. • PRELIMIT v. to limit beforehand. | 
| PRELITERACY | • preliteracy n. The period before literacy, when a person or culture has not yet learned to read and write. • PRELITERACY n. the state of being preliterate, not having developed a written language. | 
| PRELITERARY | • preliterary adj. Before the development of literature. • PRELITERARY adj. before the written word. | 
| PRELITERATE | • preliterate adj. (Of a culture) that has not yet developed a written language. • preliterate adj. (Of a person) who has not yet learned to read and write. • preliterate n. A member of such a culture. | 
| PRELOCATING | • prelocating v. Present participle of prelocate. • PRELOCATE v. to locate in advance. | 
| PRELUNCHEON | • preluncheon adj. Before luncheon. • PRELUNCHEON n. a light meal before lunch. | 
| PRELUSIVELY | • prelusively adv. In a prelusive manner. • PRELUSIVE adv. introductory, also PRELUSORY. | 
| PRELUSORILY | • prelusorily adv. In a prelusory manner. • PRELUSORY adv. introductory, also PRELUSIVE. |