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prolusion|prəʊˈl(j)uːʒən|
[ad. L. prōlūsiōn-em a prelude, preliminary exercise, n. of action f. prōlūd-ĕre to play or practise beforehand.]
1. A display introductory to a game, performance, or entertainment; a prelude, preliminary essay or attempt.
1601Bp. W. Barlow Defence 8 And this for our prolusion, now we meete. 1636Featly Clavis Myst. lvii. 779 The Prophet here..useth..no prolusion after the manner of fencers. 1664H. More Myst. Iniq., Apol. 489 That these Apparitions were ordinarily the appearing of the Son of God, and certain Prolusions to his Incarnation. 1795Mason Ch. Mus. i. 47 Its extemporaneous prolusion should flow on with that equable and easy Modulation, which, while it gratifies the Ear, should not too strongly affect the intellect. 1841Waddington Hist. Ref. II. xxx. 338 That, which in Germany was fierce and noisy conflict, was a mere skirmish and prolusion among the Swiss.
2. A literary production intended as a preliminary dissertation on a subject which the author intends to treat more fully; a preliminary essay or article; a slight literary production.
1627Hakewill Apol. iii. vi. §1. 212 Which Famianus Strada, in the first booke of his Academicall Prolusions, relates of Francis Suarez. 1682Evelyn in Pepys' Diary, etc. (1879) VI. 141 My Treatise..was intended but for a prolusion. 1713Addison Guardian No. 115 ⁋4 His prolusion on the stile of the most famous among the ancient Latin poets..is one of the most entertaining, as well as the most just pieces of criticism. Ibid. No. 119 ad. fin., The sequel of this prolusion shall be the work of another day. 1881Sala in Illustr. Lond. News 15 Jan. 51 Penning a prolusion on Chinese metaphysics.
Hence proˈlusionize v. intr. nonce-wd., to deliver a prolusion.
1864Sat. Rev. 21 May, There were too many old stagers present, who had themselves prolusionized in rectorial addresses and lectures at country institutes. |