单词 prefectury 释义 † prefectury Obs. rare—1.[irreg. f. prefecture + -y.]= prefecture 2; a district; ? a shire or county.1686Plot Staffordsh. 396 These they find in Sc......
单词 preferability 释义 preferability|prfrblt|[f. next: see -ity.]The quality or fact of being preferable.1802–12Bentham Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827) IV. 482 The preferab......
单词 prefectual 释义 prefectual, a.|prfktjul|[irreg. f. L. prfect-us prefect n.]= prefectorial b.1879Escott England I. 499 What is called the monitorial or the prefectual......
单词 prefectural 释义 prefectural, a.|prfktjrl|[f. prefecture + -al1.]Of or pertaining to a prefecture. prefectural town or prefectural city, the chief town or city of a ......
单词 prefectly 释义 prefectly, a. rare.|prifktl|[f. prefect, praefect n. + -ly1.]Characteristic of or befitting a prefect.1927J. Elder Thomasina Toddy xxii. 218 Anne reco......
单词 prefectorian 释义 prefectorian, a. rare—1.[f. as prec. + -an.]Of or pertaining to an ancient Roman prefect.1781Gibbon Decl. & F. xxxvi. (1788) VI. 209 A decent resp......
单词 prefectship 释义 prefectship|prifkt-p|[f. prefect n. + -ship.]The office of a prefect; the period of tenure of that office. (= prefecture 1.)1609Holland Amm. Marcell......
单词 prefectoral 释义 prefectoral, a.|prfktrl|[a. F. prfectoral, irreg. f. L. prfect-us: cf. next.]= next.1872Daily News 13 Aug., The prefectoral appointments in this day......
单词 prefacile 释义 † prefacile, a. Obs. rare—0.[ad. L. prfacilis: see pre- A. 6 and facile.]1623Cockeram, Prefacill, very easie to be done.{var l=document.getElementsB......
单词 prefectorial 释义 prefectorial, a.|prifktrl|[f. late L. prfectri-us (Ulpian) belonging to a prefect + -al1.]1. a. Of or pertaining to a prefect or prefects.1883Centu......