prière, n.f., prayer, suit, request, entreaty, desire, invitation; petition. Instante —; earnest prayer. Faire une — à quelqu’un; to make a request to any one. Être en —; to be at prayers. Faire une chose à la — de quelqu’un; to do a thing at any one’s request, at any one’s entreaty. Dire ses —s, faire sa —, faire ses —s; to say one’s prayers. — de faire renvoyer la lettre! will you kindly send back the letter!
prieur, n.m., prior (superior of a convent).
prieure, n.f., prioress.
prieuré, n.m., priory.
prima donna, n.f., (prime donne) the chief singer (in an opera).
primage, n.m., (com.) primage (allowance paid to the captain of a ship).
primaire, adj., primary. Ecole —; elementary school.
primat, n.m., primate, metropolitan.
primatial, -e (-ci-al), adj., primatial, primatical.