Prone

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( a.) Bending forward; inclined; not erect.

(2): ( a.) Prostrate; flat; esp., lying with the face down; - opposed to supine.

(3): ( a.) Headlong; running downward or headlong.

(4): ( a.) Sloping, with reference to a line or surface; declivous; inclined; not level.

(5): ( a.) Inclined; propense; disposed; - applied to the mind or affections, usually in an ill sense. Followed by to.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(praeconium) is the publication in the pulpit of banns of marriage, pastoral letters, coming fasts and feasts, and a sermon (the dominicale, or homily for Sunday) after the Gospel, in the Romish Church.