preaudience

[Pref. pre-, and Eng. audi Eng. Law: Previous audience; the right of being heard before another; precedence in rank at the bar. pre-a-věr, *pre-a-verr, v. t. [Pref. pre-, and Eng. aver.] To affirm or declare beforehand; to prophesy. "Another, past all hope, doth preaver The birth of John. Sylvester: Du Bartas , first day, first week, 778. pre-ax'-i-al, præ-ax-i-al, a. [Pref. pre-, and Eng. axial (q. v.).] Anat .: Anterior or internal to the axis of the limb. Used of the parts on its ulnar or fibular side. ( Huxley .) prěb-end, s . [Fr. prébende , from Lat. præbend a =a payment to a private person from a public source; prop. fem. sing. of præbend us , fut. par. of præbeo to afford, to give, from præ =before, and habeo to have; Sp. prebend a ; Ital. prebend a , pre vend a .] 1. The stipend or maintenance granted to a canon of a cathedral or collegiate church out of its estate; a canonry in England. A Simple Prebend is one restricted to the revenue only; a Dignitary Prebend has jurisdiction annexed to it. ( Eng .) "Prizes of a very different sort from a rectory or a prebend."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng . , ch. xxiv. *2. A prebendary. prě-běnd-al, *prě běnd-all, adj. [Eng. pre bend; -al.] 1. Pertaining or relating to a prebend or prebendary. IMG:content-1441.png:[graphic] 2. Holding a prebend. "No sleek prebendal priest could be More thoroughly devout than he." pine, pit, sire, sir, Cooper: Ver-Vert. marine; gō, pot, prebendal-stall