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Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV series)
Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV series), BBC One six-part miniseries directed by Simon Langton, written by Andrew Davies, produced by Sue Birtwistle, starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle; broadcast 24 September to 29 October 1995, famous for the invented wet-shirt Pemberley scene and regarded as the most faithful screen adaptation of Austen's novel.
Pride and Prejudice (2026 TV series)
Pride and Prejudice (2026) is a six-part Netflix limited series adapting Jane Austen's 1813 novel, written by Dolly Alderton, directed by Euros Lyn, starring Emma Corrin, Jack Lowden, and Olivia Colman, premiering December 3, 2026.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is Seth Grahame-Smith's 2009 mash-up novel retaining about 85% of Austen's text amid a Regency zombie plague; it sold over 1.75 million copies, spawned Hockensmith sequels, and a 2016 Burr Steers film with Lily James.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (film)
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016), stylized Pride + Prejudice + Zombies, is Burr Steers's action comedy horror film adapting Seth Grahame-Smith's 2009 mash-up novel, starring Lily James and Sam Riley; it earned mixed reviews (RT 47%, Metacritic 45) and $10.9 million US gross.
Pride Fighting Championships
Pride Fighting Championships (PRIDE FC) was a Japanese MMA promotion, 1997–2007, run by Dream Stage Entertainment; known for soccer kicks and stomps, Tokyo Dome crowds, and its 2007 sale to Zuffa after a Yakuza scandal.
Pride flag
Pride flag, or rainbow flag: six-stripe LGBTQ+ symbol created by Gilbert Baker in 1978 for San Francisco's Gay Freedom Day Parade, first flown June 25, 1978; variants include the 2018 Progress Pride flag by Daniel Quasar.
Pride House
Pride House: LGBTIQ+-welcoming venue at major sporting events, modeled on Olympic hospitality houses; first held at Vancouver/Whistler 2010 Winter Games; coalition Pride House International; Tokyo Legacy center; Paris 2024 Seine barge.
Pride Month
Pride Month, the annual June LGBTQ+ commemoration honoring the 1969 Stonewall Uprising, marked by parades, marches, and memorials worldwide, originating in the 1970 Christopher Street Liberation Day marches in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco.
Pride of the Marines
Pride of the Marines (1945) is a Warner Bros. war drama directed by Delmer Daves, starring John Garfield as blinded Guadalcanal Marine hero Al Schmid, based on Roger Butterfield's book; distinct from the 1936 Columbia film of the same title.
Pride parade
Pride parade: annual LGBTQ+ commemoration of the 1969 Stonewall riots; first held June 28, 1970 as Christopher Street Liberation Day in New York, with same-year marches in Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco; now 300+ parades in 60+ countries.
Pride Park Stadium
Pride Park Stadium, Derby, England: home of Derby County F.C. since 1997, replacing The Baseball Ground; 33,597 seats, opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 18 July 1997, first match a 1–0 loss to Sampdoria.
Pridi Banomyong (ปรีดี พนมยงค์)
Pridi Banomyong (ปรีดี พนมยงค์), Luang Praditmanutham, Thai statesman born 1900 in Ayutthaya; civilian leader of the 1932 Khana Ratsadon revolution, drafter of Siam's first constitution, founder of Thammasat University, wartime Free Thai leader, and 1946 prime minister.
Pridopidine
Pridopidine (ACR16, TV-7820, Huntexil) is an oral sigma-1 receptor agonist and dopamine stabilizer developed by Teva and Prilenia for Huntington's disease; phase 3 PROOF-HD missed its primary endpoint and the EMA refused marketing authorization in 2025.
Priest
A priest is a religious specialist who performs ritual acts, classically sacrifice, at a fixed sacred place on behalf of a community, serving the altar as its representative.
Priest (1994 film)
Priest (1994) is a British drama directed by Antonia Bird, written by Jimmy McGovern, starring Linus Roache as a gay Liverpool Catholic priest; Toronto People's Choice and Berlin Teddy Award winner, boycotted by the Catholic League.
Priest (2011 film)
Priest (2011) is a Screen Gems 3D post-apocalyptic vampire action film directed by Scott Stewart, starring Paul Bettany, adapted from Min-Woo Hyung's Korean manhwa; first Hollywood adaptation of a Korean graphic novel, 87 minutes, $29.1M US gross.
Priest Holmes
Priest Holmes (Priest Anthony Holmes), born 1973, NFL running back for Baltimore Ravens and Kansas City Chiefs; undrafted 1997, 8,172 rushing yards, 86 TDs, 2003 single-season rushing touchdown record 27.
Priest of Alexander and the Ptolemies
The Priest of Alexander and the Ptolemies was the senior annual priesthood of the Ptolemaic dynastic cult in Alexandria, whose name dated official documents throughout Egypt.
Priest Rapids Dam
Priest Rapids Dam is a run-of-the-river hydroelectric dam on the Columbia River in central Washington, owned by Grant County PUD No. 2 and completed in 1961.
Priest-King (Mohenjo-daro statue)
The Priest-King is a carved steatite bust of a bearded man wearing a fillet headband, excavated at Mohenjo-daro, Pakistan, in 1925-26 and held in the National Museum, Karachi.
Priestess of Hathor
Priestess of Hathor, also translated Prophetess of Hathor, was a title held by women serving the goddess Hathor in ancient Egypt, attested from 2686 BCE.
Priestess of Neith
Priestess of Neith is an ancient Egyptian female priestly title of the goddess Neith, attested from 2686 to 2161 BCE, in the Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period.
Priesthood in the Catholic Church
Priesthood in the Catholic Church: the ordained ministry of bishops, priests, and deacons within one sacrament of Holy Orders, conferred by bishops through the laying on of hands, reserved to baptized men, and distinguished from Protestant ministry and Orthodox married-clergy practice.
Priesthood of Amun
The priesthood of Amun, also known as the Amun priesthood, served the god Amun at Karnak in Thebes; in the 21st Dynasty its High Priests effectively ruled Upper Egypt.
Priesthood of Amun at Napata
The Priesthood of Amun at Napata was the state clergy of Amun at Jebel Barkal in Nubia, present-day Sudan, whose oracle chose and crowned the kings of Kush.
Priesthood of Melchizedek
The priesthood of Melchizedek, or Melchizedek Priesthood, is a priestly order named for the king-priest of Salem, invoked in Psalm 110 and Hebrews, and restored in Latter-day Saint teaching in 1829.
Priesthood of Tanit at Carthage
The priesthood of Tanit at Carthage served the goddess Tanit and Baal Hammon, known chiefly from tophet inscriptions of the 4th to 2nd centuries BCE.
Priestly Blessing (ברכת כהנים)
The Priestly Blessing, or Birkat Kohanim, is the three-verse blessing from Numbers 6:24–26 that kohanim, descendants of Aaron, recite over the congregation with raised hands.
Priestly breastplate
Priestly breastplate (choshen, חֹשֶׁן; choshen mishpat), one of the eight garments of the Israelite high priest: a folded square pouch of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and linen bearing twelve tribal stones and the Urim and Thummim.
Prigg v. Pennsylvania
Prigg v. Pennsylvania, 41 U.S. 539 (1842), Supreme Court case in which Justice Story's 8-1 majority held Congress had exclusive power over fugitive slave rendition, voided Pennsylvania's 1826 personal liberty law, and left states free to bar officials from enforcement.