porticusA small room in a church, commonly forming extensions to the north and south sides of it, giving the building a cruciform plan, which may function as a chapel, rudimentary transept or burial place.
Portus JuliusA port on the Gulf of Naples, Mediterranean in Baiae, Italia, Roman Empire, the primary naval base of the Western Empire.
Portus MagnusA number of ports and other places in the Roman Empire.
poscaA drink in Ancient Rome and Greece, made by mixing sour wine or vinegar with water and herbs.
PoseidoniaAncient name of Paestum: a former colony in Magna Graecia, in the region of Campania on the Italian Peninsula.
PosidoniusA male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Posidonius, an Ancient Greek polymath of the Hellenistic period, best known for his studies of philosophy.
posteaThe return of the judge before whom a cause was tried, after a verdict, of what was done in the cause, which is endorsed on the nisi prius record.
postliminiumThe return to his own country, and his former privileges, of a person who had gone to sojourn in a foreign country, or had been banished, or taken by an enemy
praefericulumA tall vase with a handle, used in Ancient Roman sacrifices
praegnans constructioA construction commonly found in Greek and Hebrew in which either a verb of motion is paired with a locative prepositional phrase or a static verb is paired with an allative preposition phrase.
praemunireThe offence in English law of bringing suit in or obeying a foreign (especially papal) court or authority, thus challenging the supremacy of the Crown. The offence was created by the Statute of Praemunire 1393 (16 Richard II, chapter 5), and abolished by the Criminal Law Act 1967 (chapter 58).
PraenesteOne of the most ancient and important cities of Latium, famous for its sanctuary, now Palestrina
prima materiaThe primitive formless base of all matter, which is the starting material required for the magnum opus and the creation of the philosopher's stone.
prima scripturaThe doctrine that canonized scripture is first or above all other sources of divine revelation.
primiparaA woman or female animal during or after her first pregnancy.
problematicaFossil specimens or elements that cannot be identified or assigned to a taxon.
procatalepsisA rhetorical exercise in which the speaker raises an objection to his own argument and then immediately answers it, in an attempt to strengthen the argument by dealing with possible counter-arguments.
procedendoA prerogative writ that sends a case from an appellate court to a lower court with an order to proceed to judgment.
procerusA roughly triangular facial muscle that arises from the fascia of the nasal bone and a cartilage in the side of the nose and inserts into the skin between the eyebrows, drawing down the medial part of the eyebrow and the skin of the forehead.