pratique

[ pra-teek, prat-ik; French pra-teek ]

noun

1. license or permission to use a port, given to a ship after quarantine or on showing a clean bill of health.

pratique

/ præˈtiːk; ˈprætiːk /

noun

1. formal permission given to a vessel to use a foreign port upon satisfying the requirements of local health authorities

Word History and Origins

Origin of pratique¹

1600–10; < French: practice < Medieval Latin practica. See practice

Word History and Origins

Origin of pratique¹

C17: from French, from Medieval Latin practica practice

Example Sentences

La premire est trs sainte et se pratique journellement dans l'glise.

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The cole Pratique, where Desault and Chopart taught, was established in 1750 for the practical education of surgeons.

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Toutes les sciences peuvent, sans doute, être ébauchées à la fois: leur usage pratique exige même cette culture simultanée.

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Nouveaux principes de philosophie pratique (3 vol., Paris 1858).

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His Majesty gets pratique to-morrow, and there is to be a dinner and ball ashore.

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