_ an estate possessed by inheritance
PA'TRIOT, _s._ one who loves his country
PA'TRON, _s._ one who countenances, supports, or protects; defender
PEA'CEABLE, _a._ not quarrelsome; not turbulent
PE'CTORAL, _a._ belonging to the breast
PECU'LIAR, _a._ appropriate; not common to other things; particular
PECULIARITY, _s._ particularity; something found only in one
PE'DESTAL, _a._ the lower member of a pillar; the basis of a statue
PE'DIMENT, _s._ an ornament that finishes the fronts of buildings, and
serves as a decoration over gates
PE'NANCE, _s._ infliction, either public or private, suffered as an
expression of repentance for sin
PE'NDULOUS, _a._ hanging
PE'NETRATE, _v.a._ enter beyond the surface; make way into a body;
affect the mind
PENINSULA, _s._ laud almost surrounded by water
PE'NURY, _s._ poverty; indigence
PE'OPLE, _s._ a nation; the vulgar
PERCEI'VE, _v.a._ discover by some sensible effects; know; observe
PERCE'PTIBLE, _a._ such as may be known or observed
PERFECTION, _s._ the state of being perfect
PERFO'RM, _v.a._ execute; do; accomplish
PE'RFORATE, _v.a._ pierce with a tool; bore
PERHA'PS, _ad._ peradventure; may be
PE'RIL, _s.
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