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Priest John

a name given in the Middle Ages to a supposed Christian sovereign, said to hold his empire in some central part of Asia (Tibet), though, according to the Portuguese, he was King of Abyssinia.

PRESTO (Italian), quick, used in music to designate a faster rate of movement than is indicated by allegro. Presto assai denotes very quick, and and prestissimo the highest degree of quick ness.

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