Prex

Grave school-trustees, ponderous-browed lawyers, the united clergy (the aforesaid Athens boasts some fifteen churches), and last, but not least, the professors and the 'Prex' of the college, par excellence (for there are some half dozen 'digs' or dignitaries so named in the town), sat in a body near the stage -- 'invited guests.'

The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

"Prex" said No in no uncertain terms; the challenge was declined, whereat the institute crowed lustily and the thing got into the rival papers.

Found in the Philippines The Story of a Woman's Letters Charles King 1888

Precem ", according to Mabillon, mean the same, but that seems improbable, and this name may possibly refer to the prayers after the Bidding Prayer Litany, which has been known as" Prex ".

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

Archer caught a glimpse of a small video still-the image of the path before them-realized that Malcolm had been surreptitiously recording their journey through the Prex, and smiled.

Rosetta Stern, Dave 2006

He wished he had more time; he would have taken the female to the Prex at Saleeas Optim, bought her a Keelan, plied her with the accumulated knowledge of a thousand years of Thelasian civilization, delicacies from across the civilized worlds of the entire quadrant.

Rosetta Stern, Dave 2006

The dominant feature in Sen's office-or rather, what used to be Sen's office-was a set of floor to ceiling windows at the far end of the room, looking out over the Prex.

Rosetta Stern, Dave 2006

His gaze went automatically, unconsciously, to the shopping bazaar, the very heart of the Prex, the center of his world for the last century and a half.

Rosetta Stern, Dave 2006

It took Archer longer than that, though, to find something he thought suitable: first, he was recognized by an assembly delegate who began badgering him on the importance of safe travel corridors, then he got completely turned around and wandered down a portion of the Prex that was given over to currency speculators.

Rosetta Stern, Dave 2006

They took a slide-walk into the heart of the Prex, where they ducked into what looked to Reed like the Thelasian version of a diner.

Rosetta Stern, Dave 2006

"Well&the trading post there, Prex Morianna-that's run by the Thelasians."

Rosetta Stern, Dave 2006