premicest (premisez)

pl. [ spelled premice. A charger, or large platter, was yearly filled with all sorts of fruits, which were offered to the gods at their festivals as the premices or first gatherings. Dryden, Orig. and Prog. of Satire. lennium. See millennium, millenarianism. premillennialist (prē-mi-len'i-al-ist), n. [ premiot, n. see premium.] A premium. It is just as if the ensurers brought in a catalogue of ensured ships lost, taking no notice of ships arrived and premios . Roger North , Examen, p. 490. ( Davies .) premisal (prē-mi'zal), n . The act of premising; also, a prefatory statement; a premise. [Rare.] [ premise + -al .] IMG:content-0871.png:[blocks in formation]