Prorogation

(pro-ro-ga's hun.) [From L. prorogatio, from prorogo, I prolong.) (Eng. Pol.) A term used at the conclusion of a se ion of Parliament, denoting its continuance from one se ion to another; as an adjournment is a continuation of the se ion from day to day. Proscription, (-skrip's hun.) [From L. proscriptio, from pro scribo, I publish in writing.) (Rom. Hist.) A punishment which had some analogy to our outlawry. The names of the proscript i, or persons proscribed, were posted up in tablets at the forum, that they might be brought to justice, a reward being promised to those who took them, and a punishment denounced against those who concealed them. Under the triumvirate many of the best Roman citizens fell by it. Cicero was slain in the P. agreed upon by Octavius, Antony, and Lepidus. Prose, (proz.) [From L. pros a.] (Lit.) That language of composition which is most natural to men; in distinction from poelry or verse. -(Eccl.) In the service of the Roman Catholic Church, a portion of the Ma in Latin verse. [s. 736]