prerogative (prerogʻativ)

and n. L. prærogativus, that is asked before, Pre raphae lit ism (prē-raf'ā-el-i-tizm), n. [ prerimal (pre-rī'mal), a. [ prerima + -al .] F. préraphaélitisme ; as Pre raphae lite + -ism .] The style of pa painting in vogue from the time of Giotto (died 1336) to that of Raphael (a cele- brated Italian painter, 1483-1520); specifically, a modern revival of this style. The e ential char- act eristic of the revived style is rigid adherence to natural form and effect, and consequent rejection of all effort to elevate or heighten the effect artificially, by modifications, whether in drawing, arrangement, or coloring, based on conventional rules. The name is also given to the applican tion of similar principles in poetical composition, shown in attention to minute details. Pre - Raphae lit ism has but one principle, that of absolute uncompromising truth in all that it does, obtained by working everything, down to the most minute detail, from nature, and from nature only. Ruskin, Lects. on Architecture and Painting, iv. If Pre raphae lit ism is to be judged by its chief exponents, it will be seen to be primarily a protest, and not in itself a fixed creed. W. Sharp , D. G. Ro etti, p. 61. The father and mother of modern Pre - Raphae lit ism were modern literary thought and modern scientific investigation of the facts of nature. P. G. Hamerton , Thoughts about Art, xiii. prerectal (pre-rek'tal), a. [L. præ , before, + NL. rectum + -al .] Placed in front of the rectum. preregnantt (pre-regnant), n. [ pre- + reg- nant .] One who reigns before another; a pre- dece or in power. Edward, king Harold's pre regnant , Of the same changes foretold.