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preludial, a.|prɪˈl(j)uːdɪəl| [f. late or med.L. prælūdi-um prelude n. + -al1.] Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a prelude; serving to introduce.
1649Ambrose Media i. (1652) 2 The second is the fruit of the first, and the preludial assurance of the last. 1657W. Morice Coena quasi κοινή xix. 341 Preludial beames of the Sun of Righteousness. a1711Ken Anodynes Poet. Wks. 1721 III. 394 Preludial Scorchings of eternal Fire. 1856J. Grote in Cambr. Ess. 88 To have..no preludial education, but to begin a thing in earnest. |