prejudiced, adj. 1. biased, warped, twisted, slanted, bent, turned, influenced; predisposed, prepossessed, jaundiced; partial, partisan, unfair, uneven, one-sided; nonobjective, interested, undetached.
2. intolerant, illiberal, bigoted, closed-minded, narrow-minded, small-minded; myopic, purblind, short-sighted; insular, provincial, parochial; unreasonable, dogmatic, doctrinaire, opinionated; fanatical, chauvinistic, jingoistic, superpatriotic, ultranationalist; racist, anti-Semitic; sexist, misogynistic, misanthropic,
prejudicial, adj. disadvantageous, detrimental, unfavorable, counterproductive, disserviceable; hurtful, harmful, injurious, deleterious, baneful, damaging, impairing, pernicious, mischievous,
prelacy, n. 1. prelatism, episcopacy, hierarchy, hierocracy, hierarchism, clericalism, theocracy.
2. prelature, prelateship, episcopate, bishopric, archbishopric, cardinalship, pontificate, papacy, primacy; canonry, prebendary.
prelate, n. 1. cardinal, archbishop, metropolitan, bishop, diocesan, coadjutor, auxiliary, suffragen; primate, hierarch, high priest, archpriest, Ethiopian Ch. abuna, Eastern Ch. exarch; patriarch, pontiff, pope.
2. archdeacon, canon, prebendary, capitular; dean, pastor, rector, vicar, presbyter; abbot, prior, Eastern Ch. archimandrite.
preliminary, adj. 1. preparatory, prefatory, precursory, prelusive, proemial; introductory, inaugural; beginning, opening, initiatory, exordial; preceding, precedent, previous, prevenient, prior, foregoing, anterior, antecedent. -n. 2. introductory step or measure, prefatory step or measure, groundwork, spadework, Inf. homework; foundation, stepping stone, building block; preparation, Inf. prep, readying, Inf. clearing the deck; rehearsal, tuning up; familiarization, briefing, basic training, Mil. Inf. basic.
3. curtain raiser. Inf. opener, SI. prdlim.
4. preliminaries front matter, prolegomena; preamble, opening statement, opening, beginning, exordium; introduction, proem, preface, prelude, prelusion, prologue, forward, prolegomenon.
prelude, n. 1. preliminary, introductory step or measure, groundwork, spadework. See - preliminary (def. 2).
2. overture, voluntary, vorspiel; curtain raiser, Inf. opener, SI. prelim.
-v. 3. preface, introduce, prefix, premise, pro logize.