Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	bishop_n	emperor_n	judge_v	1,500	5	7.6918	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33754	An English dictionary explaining the difficult terms that are used in divinity, husbandry, physick, phylosophy, law, navigation, mathematicks, and other arts and sciences : containing many thousands of hard words, and proper names of places, more than are in any other English dictionary or expositor : together with the etymological derivation of them from their proper fountains, whether Hebrew, Greek, Latin, French, or any other language : in a method more comprehensive than any that is extant / by E. Coles ...	Coles, Elisha, 1640?-1680.	1677 (1677)	Wing C5071; ESTC R13911	383,305	374

Porphyries 5 terms Attributes of all things Genus Species Differentia Proprium and Accidens Predicaments Ten General places in which every limited Nature is disposed viz. Substance Quantity Quality Relation Action Passion Where When Situation and Habit. Predicate l. to publish or preach also that which is Predicated spoken or affirmed of the Subject Prediction l. a foretelling Predominant bearing rule Preëminence right of excellency Pre●mption the first buying Prees a town in Shropshire Pre●xistence a being before Preëxistent being before Preface a speech preparatory to the Discourse Prefe o. for proof Prefecture the Office or jurisdiction of a Prefect a Governour of a City or Province Preference advancement Prefigurate to foreshew by signs Prefinition a fore-determination Prefix to fasten before also to appoint a time Prefract obstinate Pregnancy a being Pregnant big with child also full copious ripe Pregression a going before Pregustation a tasting before Preignotary as Pronotary Prejudicate fore-judged Prejudice rash judgment before trial also harm Prejudicial hurtfull Prelal belonging to the Printers press Prelation a setting before Prelature the same also a Prelateship Prelate the Governour of a Cathedral Church Prelections Lectures Preliminary as L●minary Prelude dium a pro●m or Entrance and in Musick a Voluntary or flourish before a song or lesson Prelusion the same Premature too soon ripe Premeditate think before-hand Premious rich in gifts Premise to speak something by way of Preface or principle Premisses things spoken before Premission a sending before Premium a reward at School the money given for ensuring a ship c. Premonstrate foreshew Premunire q. praemonere imprisonment and loss of goods Premonition a fore-warning Premunition a fore-arming Prender f. Prendre the power of taking a thing before 't is offered Prender de Baron an Exception disabling a Woman from pursuing an appeal of Murder against the killer of her former husband Prenomination a forenaming Prenotion a fore-knowing Prenuncious foretelling Prenuntiate to foreshew Preoccupate prevented taken afore-hand Preominate to presage Preordain to ordain before Preordinate fore-ordained Prepensed f. forethought Preponderate l. to weigh more or before Prepose to set before Preposition a part of speech set before other parts Preposterous contrary to order Preproperous over-hasty Prepuce the fore-skin Prerogative a peculiar Authority or Preëminence Prerogative Court of Canterbury wherein are proved the wills of those who had goods of any considerable value usually 5 l. out of the Diocess wherein they died In York 't is called th' Exchequer Presage to Guess or foretell Presbyterian belonging to Presbytery Government of the Church by Presbyters g. Priests Elders Prescience l. fore-knowledge Prescind to cut before to divide or break first Prescribe to appoint or limit Prescription appointing limiting also a long customary course or use of a thing Presen o. to tread on Presentaneous present effectual Presentation the Patrons offering a Clerk to the Bishop to be instituted in a Benefice of his gift Presentee the Clerk presented Presentment a meer denunciation of the Jurors or other Officers without information of an offence inquirable in that Court Preside to be over or oversee Presidial belonging to a President an O●erseer and sometime as Précedent Presidary as Presidial also belonging to a Presidy a Garrison or Succour Pressure an oppression or grief Prest f. ready a duty paid by the Sheriff upon his account in the Exchequer Prest-money as Imprest Pres●●ign a Town in Radnorshire Prestation-Money paid by Arch-Deacons yearly to the Bishop Prestiges delusions impostures Prestigiation a jugling Prestigious Jugler-like Preston a town in Lancashire and about fourty more Presto Sp quickly Presumption arrogance also cause of judging so or so Presuppose to suppose before-hand Pretence text an excuse Pretensed pretended Pretension a laying claim Preterition a passing by Pretermission an omitting Preternatural besides nature Pretorian belonging to a Pretor a General Chief Justice Consul or Maior Pretorian guard Ten thousand who were to the Emperour as the Janizaries to the Turk and Mamalukes to the Sultan of Egypt Prevalency a being Prevalent prevailing powerfull Prevarication double-dealing Prevaricator in Cambridg as Terrae filius at Oxford makes an ingenious Satyrical commencement speech Prevenient ventional coming before Previd o. hardy Previdence a foreseeing Previous going before Prevy o. tame Priam mus the Son of Laomedon King of Troy in whose time the City was sackt by the Greeks Priapism mus Erection without lust from Priapus the lascivious God of Gardens Prich No. thin drink Pricker a Huntsman on horse-back Pricket a brocket spitter or Male Deer a full year old Pricking a hares footing ●n the dirt Prick soure o. a rank rider Prick-timber Enonymus Spindle-tree Pridian l. of the day before Prid for Lamprid gayel a Rent paid the Lord of Rodeley in Glocester-shire for fishing for Lampreys in Severn Pridwen Kings Arthurs shield with the picture of the Virgin Mary Prigging c. riding Prigs o. Thieves Prig-napper c. a horse-stealer Prig-star c. a rival in Love Priket o. a small wax-Candle Primary f. the dignity of a Prill o. q. prickle to gore Primate l a Metropolitan Primage the Sailers due at the loading and going out of a Ship from any Haven Prime l. first chief large also the first hour of the day and one of the Roman Canonical hours from 6 to nine also the Golden Number and in surveying 19 inches and 5● parts of an inch Primer the Office of the blessed Virgin divided into seven parts 1. Matines and Landes 2. The Prime 3d. 6th None or ninth hour 6. Vespers or Evensong 7. the Compline Primero and Primavista I. two old games at Cards Primevous l. of the first age Primices l. first-fruits Primier Seisin was a branch of the Kings Prerogative whereby he had the first possession of all Lands and Tenements holden of him in chief Promigerious l. coming naturally or orginally of it self Priming the first ground colour in painting the Ship Priming-Iron to pierce the Carthrage through the touch-hole Primitial belonging to first-fruits Primitive l. first ancient not derived of others Primogeniture l. the first birth Primordial belonging to the first beginning Primum Mobile l. the first mover the tenth Orb. Lord Prince the Kings eldest Son now called Prince of Wales since Edward 2d who was born at Carnarvan Principality Sovereignty Prindle as Croft Princock No. q. praecox or c●ckrel a youngster too soon ripe-headed a pert and forward fellow Priors Aliens French Governours of Religious houses erected here for Outlandish-men supprest by Hen. 5. Priority l. a being before Prioress the Governess of a Nunnery Prisage f. a prising also the Kings custom or share of lawful prizes usually 1 10 Prisage of Wines as Butlerage Priscilla little Prisca l. old Priscillianists Hereticks An. 388. who followed Priscillianus he held a good and an evil God Creators of all things denied the Trinity c. Prise that which is taken of the Kings Subjects by the Purveyors Prism g. any saw-dust also a solid triangle hence Prismatical glasses

tree the droppings of whose juice i● thought by some to congeal into the Onyx g. the nail a precious stone of the colour of ones nail by some called a Chalcedony Oost East Som. a kiln Opacity a being Opacous aque l. shady Opal g. a precious stone of divers colours mixt yellowish green and purple Openhe●m a town in the Palatinate of the Rhin● Openheed o. bare headed Opera l. labour an Italian Recitative play performed by voices adorned with Musick and Perspective Scenes Operarious belonging to Operation a working or to an Operator a workman Operculated close-covered Operiment l. a covering Oper●sity a being Operose l. busie at work laborious also curiously wrought Opertaneous l. done covertly in secret or within doors Ophthalmy g. an inflammation of the outermost skin of the eye Ophiogenes g. generated of Serpents Ophites g. a kind of marble speckled like a Serpent Ophiuchus a Constellation in Sagittary Ophiusa a Balearick Island full of Serpents Ope-land Sf. loose or open plowed up every year Opiate l. a Confection of Opium Opiferous bringing help Opifice l. workmanship Opimous l. fat wealthy Opinable l. capable of Opination thinking or supposing Opinator a supposer not a positive affirmer of things Opinative Opiniative wedded to his own opinion or humour full of Opiniatrety f. Opiniastrete cy o. Opiniativeness obstinacy self-willedness Opiparous l. sumptuous Opisthograph g. a thing written on the back or both sides Opisthographical belonging thereto Opitulate l. to help or aid Opium l. the juice of black Poppy causing sleep Opobalsame mum g. the gum distilling from the balm-tree Opoponax g. the sap of Panax a hot-Country plant or by Dr. Wilkins the gummy juice of the root of Hercules all-heal Oppication l. a covering with pitch Oppidan l. a towns-man Oppig●orate l. to pawn Oppilation l. an Obstruction or Stoppage in the inward parts Oppilative obstructive stoping Oppletion l. a filling up Opponent l. an Antagonist or contradicter opposing the Respondent Opportunely seasonably Opposite l. contrary or over against Opposites things opposed or set against one another Opposition a resisting or setting against and in Astrology the being six signs distant Opprobrious reproachful Oppugn l. to assault besiege or violently oppose Opprist o. uprisen Ops Daughter of Caelus and Vesta wife and Sister of Saturn Opsimathy g. a learning late Opsonation l. a catering Opsonator l. a caterer manciple Optable l desirable Optation l. a wishing Optative wishing or desiring Optic● cal g. belonging to the sight Optick sinews which bring the virtue of seeing to the eyes Optimacy l. Government by the Nobles Optimity l. profitableness excellency Option choice election Opulency wealth a being Opulent l. rich plentiful Opuscule cle l. a small work Or o. Li. for erre Ora as Ore Or f. Gold colour Orache age Atriplex an insipid pot-herb Oracle l. an answer or counsel given by God a Prophesie Oracles of Apollo Jupiter c. illusions of the Devil in imitation of the real ones which ceased upon the coming of Christ. Oracular belonging thereto Oral l. belonging to the Mouth Face or Voyce Orange a town on the Rhone in France Oration l. prayer also a speech Oratory l. Eloquence also a place of Prayer Oratory of St. Jerome a place at Rome frequented by and giving name to the Oratorians Fryers instutited by Philip Nerius a Florentine and confirmed by Pope Pius IV. 1564. Oratour l. an Eloquent speaker or pleader Orbation l. a depriving or taking away Orbiculated l. made Orbical cular round in the form of an Orbe l. a globe or sphere a body contained under one round superficies Orbity l. a want or privation of Parents Children c. Orbona a Roman Goddess implored against Orbity Orcades the thirty British Isles of Orkney Orch Or●k a monstrous fish the Whales enemy called a whirl-pool also a Butt for Wine or Figs. Orchal a stone like All●m used by Dyers to raise a red Orchamus King of Babylon who Buried his Daughter Leucothoe alive for lying with Apollo Orchanet A. Alcanet Anchusa wild Bugloss Orc●el as Orchal seems in some old Statutes to be a kind of Cork Orches a Town in Flanders Orchestre g. the place where the Chorus danceth or where the Musician sit Orchis Satyrion Dogs-stones Orcus a Thessalian River flowing out of the Stygian Lake so thick that it floats on the River Peneus Ordael deal Sa. Judgment Fine Ordeal a purging ones self from a Crime imputed by walking blindfold and bare-foot over red-hot Plow-shares Water Ordeal a purgation by putting ones Arms up to the Elbows in seething hot water O●dalian Law ordaining the foresaid trial abrogated in the time of King John Orde Sa. the point Order in Files three foot and the open Order six Order in Ranks six foot and the open Order twelve Ordinal belonging to Orders also a Book of Direction for Bishops or of Orders in a Colledge c. Ordinal Numbers First Second Third c. Ordinatione contra servientes a Writ against Servants that leave their Masters Ordinary in Civil-Law any Judge having Power to take knowledge of causes in his own right as he is Magistrate and not by Deputation Ordinary in Common-Law he that hath ordinary Jurisdiction in causes Ecclesiastical Ordinaries Proper Charges belonging to the Art of Heraldry Ordination daies the second Sunday in Lent Trinity Sunday the Sunday following the Wednesday after September 14. and December 13. Ore the out-part of any thing also an old Coin of 16 pence mentioned in Dooms-day book Oreads g. Nymphs of the mountains Oreb h. a Crow or Pleasant Oredelph Ore lying under ground also the liberty of claiming the Ore found in a mans own ground Oreford a Town in Suffolk Orestes the son of Agamemnon and Friend of Pylades his body being digged up was found to be seven cubits long Orewell a Haven in Essex Orewood Sea-wrack a kind of Sea-weed which in Cornwall they manure their land with Orfgild Sa. a restitution of cattel or penalty for taking them away or by Lambert a restitution made by the Hundred of any wrong done by one in pledge Orford a town in Suffolk Orfraies f. a frizled cloth of Gold worn heretofore both by the Clergy and Kings themselves Orgal the lees of wine dried and used by Dyers to make cloth drink in their colours Orgallous guil o. proud Organ Ling for Orkney Ling where the best is taken Organical belonging to an Organ g. an instrument Organick veins as Iliack Organist an Organ-player Organie Origanum wild Marjerom growing much on Mountains Orgeis Organ Ling the greatest sort of North-Sea fish Orgeis Revels instituted by Orpheus to the honour of Bacchus every third year Orial Colledge in Oxford built by King Edward the second Orichalcum a Copper metal like gold and another factitious Orientality the lustre of the East the being Oriental belonging to the Orient l. the East Orifice the mouth hole or entrance of a wound c. Oriflambe as Auriflambe the holy purple standard of St. Denis Original l.