Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Introductory; prelusive.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Introductory; prelusive.

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  • adjective introductory; prelusive

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Examples

  • At the same moment, a few prelusory notes of the concertina were heard without.

    The Valley of the Kings Marmaduke William Pickthall 1905

  • But the time comes when a man should cease prelusory gymnastic, stand up, put a violence upon his will, and, for better or worse, begin the business of creation.

    Across the Plains: With Other Memories and Essays 1892

  • The first is what Suits calls the ` prelusory goal '- the aim of the game but something that can also be achieved outside the game.

    Thestar.com - Home Page Kenneth Kidd 2010

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