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Regarding; concerning; belonging; pertaining. [R.] "Pertinent unto faith." Hooker.

icy or system; as, the Saybrook platform; a political platform. "The platform of Geneva." Hooker.

h the various departments of government are combined into a systematic whole. Blackstone. Hooker.

be comprehended; not abstruse; familiar; plain. Homilies are plain popular instructions. Hooker.

laws. In laws, that which is natural bindeth universally; that which is positive, not so. Hooker.

f being possible; the power of happening, being, or existing. "All possibility of error." Hooker. "Latent possibilities of excellence." Johnson.

A religious discourse. [Obs.] Hooker.

ame kind; an authoritative example. Examples for cases can but direct as precedents only. Hooker.

ny things which are most precious are neglected only because the value of them lieth hid. Hooker.

An opinion or notion formed beforehand; a preconception. Hooker.

Tending to obstruct or impair; hurtful; injurious; disadvantageous; detrimental. Hooker. His going away . . . was most prejudicial and most ruinous to the king's affairs. Clarendon. -- Prej`u*di"cial*ly, adv. -- Prej`u*di"cial*ness, n.

clesiastical dignitaries. "Divers of the reverend prelacy, and other most judicious men." Hooker.

, or previously fitting for a purpose; that which prepares. "A preparative unto sermons." Hooker.

in the ministry; -- called also priest. I rather term the one sort presbyter than priest. Hooker. New presbyter is but old priest writ large. Milton.

tting forth; an offering; bestowal. Prayers are sometimes a presentation of mere desires. Hooker.

The office and dignity of president; presidency. Hooker.

Presupposition. [R.] "Presupposal of knowledge." Hooker.

ledge] presupposes many necessary things learned in other sciences, and known beforehand. Hooker.

One who, or that which, preys; a plunderer; a waster; a devourer. Hooker.

ay, the year, etc.; hence, the dawn; the spring. Chaucer. In the very prime of the world. Hooker. Hope waits upon the flowery prime. Waller.