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Prayer over the Gifts
prayer rug
prayer shawl
prayer wheel
prayerful
praying mantis
PRB
PRC
pre-
pre-Columbian
pre-position
Pre-Raphaelite
pre-syndicate bid
preach
preacher
preachify
preachment
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pre-
pre-


prefix 
Definition:
 
1. before, earlier
preschool
predate
2. in advance, preparatory
presell
prerelease
3. in front of
premolar
[< Latin prae "in front, before" < Indo-European]
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