PAT., PK. Patrick.
PAT. OFF. Patent Office.
P.C., _Patres Conscripti_=Conscript Fathers; Privy Councillor; Police Constable; Post Commander.
P.C. Postal-card.
P.C.S. Principal Clerk of Session.
PD. Paid.
P.E. Protestant Episcopal.
P.E.I. Prince Edward Island.
PEN. Peninsula.
PENN. Pennsylvania.
PENT. Pentecost.
PER. Period; Person.
PER AN., _per annum_=Per year, By the year.
PER CENT., PER CT., _per centum_=By the hundred.
PERS. Person.
PETRIBURG., _Petriburgensis_=Of Peterborough.
PG. Portugal.
PHAR., PHARM. Pharmaceutical; Pharmacopoeia; Pharmacy.
PH.B., _Philosophiae Baccalaureus_=Bachelor of Philosophy.
PH.D., _Philosophiae Doctor_=Doctor of Philosophy.
PHIL. Philippians; Philemon; Philadelphia; Philip.
PHIL. TRANS. Philosophical Transactions.
PHON., PHONET. Phonetics.
PHONOG. Phonography.
PHOT. Photography.
PHR. Phrase.
PHYS. Physiology; Physics; Physician.
PINX., PXT., _pinxit_=He (or she) painted it.
P.M. Past Master; _Post meridiem_=Afternoon; Post-master; _Post mortem_.
PM. Premium.
P.M.G. Postmaster-general.
P.N. Promissory note.
P.O. Post-office; Postal Order.
PO. Pole.
P.O.C. Peninsular and Oriental Company.
P.O.D. Pay on delivery.
P.O.O. Post-office Order.
POP. Population.
POS., POSIT. Positive.
P.P. Parish Priest.
PP. Pages.
P.P.C., _pour prendre conge_ (Fr.)=To take leave.
P.P.S. Postscript additional.
P.R. Prize-ring; Porto Rico.
P.R., _Populus Romanus_=The Roman people.
PR. Pair; Per; Present; Price; Pronoun; Prince; Priest; Provencal.
P.R.A. President of the Royal Academy.
P.R.B. Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
PREB. Prebend, Prebendary.
PREF. Preface.