précepte, n.m., precept, rule.
précepteur, n.m., tutor, private tutor, preceptor, teacher, master.
préceptoral, -e, adj., preceptorial.
préceptorat, n.m., preceptorship, tutorship.
précession, n.f., (astron.) precession.
prêche, n.m., sermon (Protestant); Protestant church, meeting-house. Quitter le —; to cease to be a Protestant; to turn Catholic.
prêcher, v.a., to preach, to hold forth, to preach up, to extol, to praise, to keep telling, to repeat. — la parole de Dieu; to preach the word of God. Ne — que malheur et misère; to be always complaining of the hardness of the times. — les fidèles; to exhort the faithful. — toujours la même chose; to be always repeating the same thing. — dans le désert; to preach to empty benches; (fig.) to convince no one. Chacun prêche pour son saint; every one has an eye to his own interest, or looks after number one. — ses exploits; to extol, to boast, of one’s exploits.
prêcher, v.n., to preach. — d’exemple; to set the example, to practice what one preaches. — sur la vendange; to preach over one’s cups. On a beau — à qui n’a cœur de bien faire; to reprove a fool is but labor lost.
prêcheu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., (fam.) preacher, sermonizer. Frère —; Dominican friar.
précieuse, n.f., conceited woman; prude; euphuist.