pillar saint. stylite, pillarist.

pistol case. holster.

prayer-book, n. breviary; missal.

priest, n. presbyter, minister, rector; padre (Sp.  Amer. and India); flamen (Rom.  Antiq.); hierophant; hierarch; hieromartyr.  Associated Words:  acolyte, hierarchy, hierocracy, hagiarchy, exeat, hierarchism, hierarchal, hieratic, hagiocracy, unfrock, ordain, ordination, sacerdotalism, pontificate, pontific, pontifical, priesthood, Holy Orders, priestcraft, priest-ridden, soutane, cassock, vestments, canonicals, rectory, incumbent.

provincial words.  Associated Word:  patavinity.

roundabout, a. circumlocutory, circumlocutional, periphrastic.

self-propelling, a. automatic.

sending, n. transmission.

shorthand writer. stenographer.

short pants. (Colloq.) knickerbockers, knee breeches.

speechifier, n. declaimer, haranguer, orator.

speechify, v. declaim, harangue.

speed gauge. speedometer.

stools, n. pl. dejecta.

strap-shaped, a. ligulate.

trade, n. craft.

vulgar person. vulgarian.

weal, n. prosperity, welfare, happiness.

willy-nilly, adv. willingly or unwillingly.

with a bad grace. reluctantly, perfunctorily, ungraciously.

with a good grace. graciously, willingly, gracefully.

wood-tar oil. creosote.

workmanship, n. craftsmanship.