Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to a prelude; serving to introduce; introductory.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Of or pertaining to a prelude; of the nature of a prelude; introductory.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a
prelude
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After a good deal of preludial matter the plot centres in the rivalry of Chénier the poet and Gérard, a revolutionary leader, for the hand of Madeleine.
The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. J. A. [Commentator] Fuller-Maitland 1892
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