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Tasting beforehand; having a foretaste. [R.] Ed. Rev.

Ready; quick; immediate in effect; as, presentaneous poison. [Obs.] Harvey.

Gravitating; heavy. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Having a numerous offspring. [R.]

Having male sexual organs while young, and female organs later in life. -- Pro*tan"trism, n.

Proterandrous.

Protestantism. [R.]

tice of those Christians who reject the authority of the Roman Catholic Church; as, Protestant writers.

Protestant. [Obs.]

The quality or state of being protestant, especially against the Roman Catholic Church; the principles or religion of the Protestants.

Like a Protestant; in conformity with Protestantism. [R.] Milton.

A public building in certain Greek cities; especially, a public hall in Athens regarded as the home of the community, in which official hospitality was extended to distinguished citizens and strangers.

A member of one of the ten sections into which the Athenian senate of five hundred was divided, and to each of which belonged the presidency of the senate for about one tenth of the year.

The period during which the presidency of the senate belonged to the prytanes of the section.

Of or pertaining to the lungs and the akin; as, the pulmocutaneous arteries of the frog.

ith and worship than those established by law; -- originally, a term of reproach. The Puritans formed the bulk of the early population of New England.

Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice.

In a puritanical manner.

The doctrines, notions, or practice of Puritans.

To agree with, or teach, the doctrines of Puritans; to conform to the practice of Puritans. Bp. Montagu.