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Provinc. Provincial. 



Pror. (Lat. proximo). Next of or of 

 the next month. 



Prs. Pairs. 



P. R. S. President of the Royal So- 

 ciety. 



P.R.S.A. President of the Royal 

 Scottish Academy. 



Prus. Prussia, Prussian. 



P. S. (Lat. post scriptum), Post- 

 script. 



P. S. Privy Seal. 



Ps., Psa. Psalm, psalms. 



Psychol. Psychology. 



Pt. Part; Payment; Point; Port. 



I'. T. Post-town; Pupil teacher. 



Pub. Public; Published, publisher. 



Pub. Doc. Public Documents. 

 ..llage. 



Pu-t. Pennyweight. 



Pit. [1'INX.] 



Pyro., Pyrotech. Pyrotechnics. 

 Query; Question. 



Q. C. Queen's College. 



Q.d. (Lat. quasi dicat). As if he 

 should say. 



Q. e. (Lat. quod est). Which is. 



(J. /:. D. (Lat. quod erat demonstran- 

 dum). Which was to be proved. 



/'. (Lat. quod erat faciendum), 

 Which was to be done. 



Q. /;. /. (Lat. quod erat invenien- 

 dum). Which was to be found out. 



Q. I. (Lat. quantum libel). As much 

 as you please. 



Q. M. Quartermaster. 



Q. M. Gen. Quartermaster-General. 



Or. Quarterly; Quire. 



0. S. Quarter Sessions. 



Q. s. (Lat. quantum sufflcit). A suffi- 

 cient quantity. 



Quart. 

 i. Queen; Query; Question. 



jr., quart. Quarterly. 

 tar., 4/o. Quarto. 

 tts. Question. 



I .at. quod vide). Which see. 

 Qii. 

 Railway; Reaumur; River. 



R. (Lat. rex). King; (Lat. regina), 

 Queen. 



R. (Lat. recipe). Take. 



It. 1. Royal Academy. Royal Aca- 

 demician; Rear- \dmiral; Royal 

 Arch; Royal Artillery. 



Rabb. Rabbinical. 



Rod. (Lat. radix). Root. 



2.A.M. Royal Academy of Music. 

 Royal Agricultural Society, j 

 R. C. Roman Catholic. 

 If. I), aural . 



Royal Engineers; Royal Ex- 

 change. 



Reformed Episcopal. 



'imur. 

 If' i. I;. 



Rrctf. Receipt. 



pf firmed Church. 

 *. Reformed Presbyterian. 

 i.rular. 



Registrar. 



If"/ .. Hi.it. Regiment, regimental. 

 



noun. 

 'mark, n-marks. 



'sentative. 

 .i'hc; Republican. 

 : Dilution. 

 Rrtd. Returned. 



Rev. Revelation; Revenues; Rever- 

 end; I > vine. 



ites. 

 /.' //. l Royal Horse Artillery. 



etoriral. 

 X. Royal Humane Society. 



.'Hie Island. 

 /.'. / /'. (I Jit. rrqnimrnt in pace), 



e (or she) rest in 

 liver. 



R. M. Royal Mail: Royal Marines. 

 R. M. A. Royal Marine Artillery; 



Royal Military Asylum. 

 R. M. L. I. Royal Marine Light In- 



fantry. 

 /,'. M.S. Royal Mail Steamer; Royal 



Mail Service. 

 R. N. Royal Navy. 

 R. N. R. Royal Naval Reserve. 

 R. O. Receiving Office. 

 Robt. Robert. 

 Ron i. Roman, Romans. 

 Rom. Cath. Roman Catholic. 

 R. P. Regius Professor. 

 If. R. Right Reverend. 

 R. R. Railroad. 



R. S. A. Royal Scottish Academy. 

 R. S. P. C. A. Royal Society for the 



Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. 

 R. S. E. Royal Society of Edinburgh. 

 R. S. L. Royal Society of London. 

 R. S. V. P. (Fr. Repondez s'il vous 



plait). Please reply. 

 Rt. Right. 



Rt. I/on. Right Honorable. 

 Rt. Rev. Right Reverend. 

 R. T. S. Religious Tract Society. 

 Rt. Wpful. Right Worshipful. 

 Russ. Russia, Russian. 

 R. V. Revised Version; Rifle Vol- 



unteers. 

 R. W. Right Worshipful ; Right 



Worthy. 

 R. W. D. G. M. Right Worshipful 



Deputy Grand Master. 

 R. W. G. M. Right Worshipful Grand 



Master. 

 R. W. G. R. Right Worthy Grand 



R epresentative. 

 R. W. G. S. Right Worthy Grand 



Secretary. 

 R. W. G. !T. Right Worthy Grand 



Treasurer; Right Worthy Grand 



Templar. 

 R. W.G.W. Right Worshipful Grand 



Warden. 

 R. W. J. G. Jr. Right Worshipful Ju- 



nior Grand Warden. 

 R. W. S. G. H*. Right Worshipful Se- 



nior Grand Warden. 

 Ry. Raihvav. 

 S. Saint; Saturday; Section; Shil- 



ling; Sign; Signer; Solo; Soprano; 



South; Sun; Sunday; Sabbath. 

 0. Second, seconds; See; Singular; 



Son; Succeeded. 



S. A. South Afrira; South America. 

 S. A. (Lat. secundem arlem), Accord- 



ing to the rules of art. 

 Sal,. Sabbath. 

 Sum.. Snml. Samuel. 

 Sum., Snnnir. Samaritan. 

 Sans., Saute., San*k. Sanscrit, Sans- 



krit. 

 8. LA I i .^-rietatif AntiquaH- 



orum Sociii*), I-ellow of the So- 



net v of AntKju.i 

 -.it unlay. 

 .-axon. Saxony. 



mil Mntain (England and 



Wales). [N. It.] 

 South Carolina. 

 I .at. Mrri<i/i<fl ronsultum), A 

 < of the senate. 



II.. 



no. (I At. scandalum magna- 

 tum), l)efaniatory 



the injury of persons of high rank 

 .r <lu 



S. caps. ,Sm. caps. Small capitals. (In 

 printing.) 



eieiUut baccalaureus). 



*cienti<r dodor), Doctor 



I at. urA.i/ium). A note. 



ScU.Sc. (Lai. scilicH). Namrl 



Sto.lor.t it. Civil Law. 

 Sclav. Sclavonic 



Scot. Scotland. Scotch. Scottish. 



Scr. Scruple, scruples. 



Scrip., Script. Scnpture. scriptural. 



Sculp. Sculpture. 



Sculp.. Sculpt., Sc. (Lat. sculpsit), 

 He (or she) engraved it. 



S. D. Doctor of Science. 



5. D., S. Dak. South Dakota. 



S. D. U. K. Society for the Diffusion 

 of Useful Knowledge, 

 ^outh-east. 



Sec. Second. 



Sec., Sect. Section. 



ary. 



Sec. Leg. Secretary of Legation. 

 Senate, senator. 



.Sen. Doc. Senate Document. 



Sep., Sept. September. 



Sea. (Lat. sequentes, tequentia). The 

 following or the next. 



Sfrg., Sergt. Sergeant. 



Serg. Maj. Sergeant-Major. 



Serj., Serjt. Serjeant. 

 an. 



Sess. Session. 



S. G. Solicitor-general. 



s. g. [Sp. GR.J 



NA. Shilling, shillings. 



Sing. Singular. 



N. J. Society of Jesus. 



S. J. C. Supreme Judicial Court. 



Slcr. Sanskrit. 



filar. Slavonic. 



Sid. Sailed. 



v W. Sergeant-major. 



& M. Lond. Soc. (Lat. Sociftatis 

 Medico; LondinensisSocius). M.m- 

 ber of the London Medical Society. 



S. N. (Lat. secundum naturam). Ac- 

 cording to nature, naturally. 



Soc., Socy. Soc let y. 



N. <>f Sol. Son$ of Solomon. 



Sol.-gen. Solicitor-general. 



Sp. Spain, Spanish; Spirit. 



. p. (I At. sine prolf). Without issue. 



S. P. C. A. Society for the Preven- 

 tion of Cruelty to Animals. 



S.P.C.C. Soriety for the Preven- 

 tion of Cruelty to Children. 



S. P. C. K. Strict y for the Promo- 

 tion of Christian Knowledge. 



Spec. Special, specially. 



S. P. G. Society for the Propagation 

 of the Go 



sp.gr.. s. g. Specific gravity. 



S. P. Q. R. (I Mi. Srnatui Populusque 

 Romanus), The Senate and the 

 People of Rome. 



sq. Square; sq. ft. Square foot. feet( 

 9q. in. Square inch, inches; sq. m. 

 Square mile, miles; q. yd. Square 

 yard; ?. ni. Sjuare rod. 



Sr. Senior; .ir. 



S. R. I. (I At. Sacrum Romanum Im- 

 perium). The Holy Roma 

 pir. 



J, (lAt. tiorirtati* Regia So- 

 rinn). Follow ,,f tho Koyal Society, 

 tints. 



.y School. 



S. .hcitor before the Supreme 

 t, 



Hth-Mltltll-MUlt. 



Kh-.H,,utl,-weet. 

 .:nt; Stonr; Strait. Street. 

 st. (Lat. stft). Let it ian.l un pnnt- 



-i: :it utr. statute*; Statuary. 

 ..f T 



-lor 

 / />. (lA 



Do 

 ttfr.. *<j. Sterling. 



6 / /'. (Ijit MCI* tktelffim pro- 

 ft*or). FroTesmr ol Theolocy. 

 -teamer, steam van el. 

 Subjunctive, 



tantive; Substitute. 

 Suff. SuMix. 



..lay. 

 r; Superlative; Supple- 



