Patterns and Practices. But what are practices?

I have a question for the community.

I see Patterns and Practices (P&P) always mentioned in the same breath.  I presume these are best practices?

But what exactly are they? Are these practices that are best with patterns or just best in general? 
For example, a good practice is to use version control, perform daily builds, document your code, etc. But are these included?

Thx.