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spiritual power and religious qualification seems
ANOINTING WITH OIL OF ORIENTAL ORIGIN THE custom and ceremony of anointing with oil by way of imparting some fancied spiritual power and religious qualification seems to have been extensively practiced by the Jews and primitive Christians, and still more anciently by various oriental nations.
— from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves

smartness Prest a ready quick soon
Preithio, v. to practise Prelad, n. a prelate Pren, n. a tree, a timber Prenfol, n. a wooden chest Prenial, n. a coffer, a shrine Prenio, v. to timber; to bar Prenol, n. a busk of stays Prensaer, n. a carpenter Pres, n. what is quick, sharp, or smart; haste; brushwood; fuel; anything streweed; a crib; a place of resort; brass: a. quick, hasty; sharp, over-running, frequent; present Preseb, n. a crib, a stall Presel, a place over-run; a brake Preseliad, n. a yielding of brakes Preselu, v. to be over-run of foul Preselyn, n. a brake, a thicker Presen, n. the present; this wife Presenol, a. imminent; present Presenoldeb, n. presence Presenu, v. to make present Present, n. a present state Presiad, n. a hastening: a frequenting Presol, a. imminent; quick Prest, n. quickness, smartness Prest, a. ready, quick; soon Prestl, a. ready, smart fluent Prestlaidd, a. apt to prattle Presu, v. to hasten; to frequent Preswyl, n. a being present or ready; a tarrying; habitation Preswylfa, n. a place of residence Preswylfod, n. a dwelling place Preswyliad, n. a residing Preswyliaeth, n. habitation Preswylio, v. to fix an abode Preswyliog, a. having resort Preswylydd, n. an inhabitant Pric, n. a stick; a broach Prid, n. price, value; ransom: a. valuable, precious, dear Pridiad, n. a setting a price Pridiant, n. a ransoming Pridio, v. to set a price to ransom Pridiol, a. equivalent; redeeming Pridioldeb, n. mould, earth, soil, a tile Priddell, n. a mass of earth, a clod; Priddell, a. consisting of masses of earth; glebous Priddelydd, n. a tile maker Pridden, n. an earthen vessel Priddfaen, n. a brick; a burnt tile Priddgalch, n. calcareous earth Priddgist, n. potter’s clay Priddiad, n. a doing with earth Priddin, a. of earth, earthen Priddlestri, n. earthen ware Priddlyd, a. mixed with earth Priddlydu, v. to become earthy Priddo, v. to earth; to cover with earth; to become earth Priddol, a. of mould, of earth Prif, a. prime, principal, chief Prifachos, n. primary cause Prifansawdd, n. primary quality Prifardd, n. a primitive bard Prifder, n. primeness; origin Prifddinas, n. a metropolis Prifiad, n. a thriving, a growing Prifio, v. to thrive, to grow up Prifles, n. a chief good Priflys, n. a supreme court Prifnawd, n. original habit Prifnod, n. prime point; epoch Prifoed, n. a primitive age Prifran, n. primary division Prifred, n. primary course Prifsymudai, n. prime mover Prifwyd, n. a chief sin Prifysgol, n. a primary school Priffordd, n. a high road Prill, n. a little brook, a rill Prin, n. what is of slight trace, a. scarce, rare, scant, spare:
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards


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