pre-, prae-

1. In the early Christian church and in the Presbyterian Church, an elder.
2. In the Episcopal Church, a priest or minister.

1. The office of a presbyter.
2. A body of presbyters.

1. Having to do with church government by presbyters.
2. Designating a church of a traditionally Calvinistic Protestant denomination governed by presbyters, or elders.
3. Member of a Presbyterian church.

1. A body of presbyters; specifically, in Presbyterian churches, an ecclesiastical court and governing body made up of all the ministers and a number of elders from all the churches in a district.
2. The district of such a court.

A reference to the period prior to the onset of schizophrenia; such as, a person showing symptoms similar to those observed prior to schizophrenia.

Knowledge of events before they happen; foreknowledge, foresight; especially, as a divine attribute.

1. Having foreknowledge or foresight; foreseeing.
2. Of, pertaining to, or arising from prescience.

Those who are prescient claim to have the gifts of foresight, clairvoyance, premonition, prophecy, or prescience.

1. To direct a patient to follow a particular course of treatment; specifically, to use a particular drug at set times and in specified dosages.
2. To write first or beforehand; also, to write with foreknowledge; to predict in writing; to describe beforehand.
3. To write or lay down as a rule or direction to be followed; to appoint, ordain, direct, enjoin.

Laid down, appointed, or fixed beforehand; ordained, appointed, set, fixed, defined.

1. A rule, or regulation, that has been laid down; usually, in writing.
2. Something prescribed; especially, a rule, or regulation, of conduct.

1. A written order issued by a physician or other qualified practitioner that authorizes a pharmacist to supply a particular medication for a particular patient, with instructions on its use.
2. A written order from an optometrist or ophthalmologist for glasses or contact lenses of a particular type and strength to correct the eyesight of a particular person.
3. A proven formula for causing something else to happen.
4. Laying down of laws, rules, and regulations.

1. Establishing or adhering to rules and regulations.
2. Based on legal prescription.
3. Based on, or authorized by, long-standing custom.