Pris"age (?; 48), n. [OF. prisage a praising, valuing, taxing; cf. LL.
prisagium prisage; or from F. prise a taking, capture, prize. See
Prize.] (O. Eng. Law) (a) A right belonging to the crown of England, of
taking two tuns of wine from every ship importing twenty tuns or more,
-- one before and one behind the mast. By charter of Edward I.
butlerage was substituted for this. Blackstone. (b) The share of
merchandise taken as lawful prize at sea which belongs to the king or
admiral.
Pris*cil"lian*ist (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Priscillian,
bishop of Avila in Spain, in the fourth century, who mixed various
elements of Gnosticism and Manicheism with Christianity.
Prise (?), n. An enterprise. [Obs.] Spenser.
Prise, n. & v. See Prize, n., 5. Also Prize, v. t.