Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the character of a preamble; serving as a prelude; introductory.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare, rare Of or pertaining to a preamble; introductory; contained or provided for in a preamble.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a
preamble ;introductory .
Etymologies
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Compare Old French preambulaire.
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Examples
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This famous revenue stands, at this hour, on all the debate, as a description of revenue not as yet known in all the comprehensive (but too comprehensive!) vocabulary of finance, -- _a preambulary tax_.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763
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This famous re - venue ftands, at this hour, on all the debate, as a defcription of revenue not as yet known in all the comprehensive (but too comprehen - five!) vocabulary of finance — a preambulary tax.
Speech of Edmund Burke, esq. on American taxation, April 14, 1774 1775
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