Defn: Containing a promise or binding declaration of something to be done or forborne. Promissory note (Law), a written promise to pay to some person named, and at a time specified therein, or on demand, or at sight, a certain sum of money, absolutely and at all events; — frequently called a note of hand. Kent. Byles. Story.
PROMONT
Prom"ont, n.
Defn: Promontory. [R.] Drayton.
PROMONTORY Prom"on*to*ry, n.; pl. Promontories. Etym: [ L. promonturium, promunturium; pro before + mons, montis, mountain: cf. F. promontoire. See Mount, n.]
1. (Phys. Geog.)
Defn: A high point of land or rock projecting into the sea beyond the line of coast; a headland; a high cape. Like one that stands upon a promontory. Shak.
2. (Anat.)
Defn: A projecting part. Especially: (a) The projecting angle of the ventral side of the sacrum where it joins the last lumbar vertebra. (b) A prominence on the inner wall of the tympanum of the ear.
PROMORPHOLOGICAL
Pro*mor`pho*log"ic*al, a. (Biol.)
Defn: Relating to promorphology; as, a promorphological conception.