Name | Term description |
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NamePreacher |
Term description One who gives religious talks, in the open or in churches |
NamePrebendary |
Term description Official of pre-Reformation or Episcopal cathedral |
NamePrebenter |
Term description Official of pre-Reformation or Episcopal cathedral |
NamePrecenter |
Term description Leader of singing in church |
NamePrecentor |
Term description Leader of singing in church |
NamePreceptor |
Term description Teacher, instructor |
NamePresbytery clerk |
Term description 1. Clerk to a presbytery (Church of Scotland court). 2. One who documents the business of an office. |
NamePresenter |
Term description Leader of singing in church |
NamePresenter of signatures in the Court of Exchequer |
Term description Leader of singing in church |
NamePriest |
Term description Ordained clergyman in pre-Reformation, Roman Catholic or Episcopalian church |
NamePrimare |
Term description Principal of college or university |
NamePrimer |
Term description Principal of college or university |
NamePrincipal |
Term description One in charge of university or college |
NamePrincipal commissary |
Term description Civil official of the commissary court |
NamePrincipal of college |
Term description One in charge of university or college |
NamePrint cutter |
Term description One who makes printing blocks |
NamePrinter |
Term description One who prints books, pictures, posters, etc. |
NamePrintseller |
Term description One who sells topical cartoons and other pictures |
NamePrior |
Term description Head of a priory, religious house for men |
NamePrioress |
Term description Head of a priory, religious house for women |
NamePrivateer |
Term description Commander of armed private vessel holding commission from government |
NameProbationer |
Term description A person who is licensed to preach, but is not yet ordained to a charge |
NameProbationer minister |
Term description Usually a Church of Scotland minister, who has obtained his Divinity degree, but is not yet ordained |
NameProcurator |
Term description Lawyer in the lower courts |
NameProcurator-fiscal |
Term description Public prosecutor |
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