Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of the nature of a prelude; introductory.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Preludial.
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- adjective archaic
preludial
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Examples
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In that silence both heard a voice -- a little voice -- preludious of the music of heaven, and they peopled the light which haloed them with
Lancashire Idylls (1898) Marshall Mather
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A dispiriting hand tones down the great orchestra of Nature, and all her music is set to a minor key, her 'Jubilate' becoming a threnody -- a great preludious sob.
Lancashire Idylls (1898) Marshall Mather
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Then a low wind blew -- a mere sob, but so preludious, so prophetic!
Lancashire Idylls (1898) Marshall Mather
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It freshened yet and yet; the wrinkles crisped into whiteness on the black heavings; they grew into small surges with sharp cubbish snarlings preludious of the lion's voice; and by ten o'clock it was blowing in strong squalls, the seas rising, and the clouds sailing swiftly in smoke-coloured rags under the stars.
The Frozen Pirate 1877
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