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Definition of Prenames
1. prename [n] - See also: prename
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prenames
Literary usage of Prenames
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Heard and Determined by the Lord Chancellor, and the Court by Great Britain Court of Chancery (1853)
"All those 4 valuable closes or parcels of within a prenames, and containing the
several quantities : The Little Jug, IA. 3n. 20p. ; The Square Field, 2A. ..."
2. The Law Review and Quarterly Journal of British and Foreign Jurisprudence by William S. Hein & Company (1850)
"The Christian or prenames of the parties, plaintiffs or defendants, may be stated
by initials, if the full names are not known: and it shall not be ..."
3. Caledonia: Or, A Historical and Topographical Account of North Britain, from by George Chalmers (1887)
"... but that the peasants, as late as 1339, had only prenames, though from this
epoch they began to take surnames. Histoire de la Noblesse, p. 384. ..."
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