Crossword clues for prester
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Prester \Pres"ter\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, from ? to kindle or burn, and ? to blow up, swell out by blowing.]
A meteor or exhalation formerly supposed to be thrown from the clouds with such violence that by collision it is set on fire. [Obs.]
pl. One of the veins of the neck when swollen with anger or other excitement. [Obs.]
Prester \Pres"ter\, n. [OF. prestre. See Priest.] A priest or presbyter; as, Prester John. [Obs.]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. (context obsolete English) A priest or presbyter. Etymology 2
n. 1 A meteor or exhalation formerly supposed to be thrown from the clouds with such violence that by collision it is set on fire. 2 One of the veins of the neck when swollen with anger or other excitement.
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "prester".
Just as noon was striking, Otto exhaled a hiss from his now hoarse throat, and his eyes remained open and fixed, as if he were looking at his Prester John enthroned.
He thought of this so much that, to himself, he now spoke of Prester John as if he were a family friend.
Otto, as a sacred bequest, had left him the task of bringing Prester John forth from the shadows of hearsay.
Baudolino and Abdul had been educated in disputation, so first of all they asked themselves: Does a Prester John really exist?
But he felt his mind stimulated, and, curiously, not by Beatrice, but by Prester John.
Earthly Paradise but also on islands where Adam and Eve never set foot, the kingdom of Prester John must be very similar to those places.
Master Niketas, I remembered then that Otto had spoken to me about the Magi in connection with Prester John.
I thought that if I said something about Prester John to the emperor to lure him to the Orient, having the confirmation of the Magi, who surely came from the Orient, would support my argument.
Ha ha, I gave up arguing with him about my plans and, as far as Prester John was concerned, for about a year I did nothing more.
And the only thing the emperor could find on this earth was the kingdom of Prester John.
Rabbi Solomon asked why his visitors wanted to know what the Temple was like, and they told him of their search for the kingdom of Prester John.
It was the Poet who found the decisive argument: the fact that this Jew wanted to find in the kingdom of Prester John his language and his ten tribes should not disturb them.
The land of Prester John dripped honey and was brimming with milkand Rabbi Solomon was delighted to find echoes of Exodus, Leviticus, Deuteronomythe land knew neither serpents nor scorpions, the river Physon flowed there, which emerges directly from the Earthly Paradise, and in the land were found.
In the case of Abdul, there was little to say: he had by now identified the kingdom of Prester John as that of his princess, except thatgrowing in age and wisdomdistance satisfied him less and less, while the princess, may the god of lovers forgive him, was someone he wanted to be able to put his hands on.
One day, I told myself, I will forget all this because I will move towards the land of Prester John But now we should return to the affairs of Lombardy.