† prefationn.

Forms: Middle English prefacione (in a late copy), Middle English prefacioun, Middle English prefaciun, 1500s prefacion, 1500s prefacyon, 1600s praefation; Scottish pre-1700 prefacion, pre-1700 prefacioun, pre-1700 prefacoun, pre-1700 prefatione, pre-1700 prefatioun, pre-1700 prefatyown.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French prefation; Latin praefātiōn-, praefātiō.

Etymology: < Middle French prefacion, prefation preface, introductory matter (1396), part of the Catholic liturgy (1503; French †préfation ) and its etymon classical Latin praefātiōn-, praefātiō introductory statement, introductory formula, preface, prologue, in post-classical Latin also preliminary prayer, preface of the mass (3rd cent.) < praefāt- , past participial stem of praefārī to say beforehand or by way of preface, to address with a preliminary prayer ( < prae- pre- prefix + fārī to speak: see fame n.¹) + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Catalan prefació (1695), Spanish prefacio (1325 as prefaçio ), prefación (1422), Portuguese prefácio (14th cent.), prefação (1549), Italian prefazio (a1306 denoting the preface of the mass), prefazione (1481 as prefatione ). Compare preface n.For earlier use of Latin praefatio in an English context (in sense 2 (see quot. OE²) and in the sense ‘introduction to a literary work’) compare the following:OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) Pref. 174 Praefatio Ic Ælfric munuc & mæssepreost..wearð asend on Æþelredes dæge cyninges fram Ælfeage biscope [etc.].OE On Mass: Celebration on Vigils in B. Fehr Die Hirtenbriefe Ælfrics (1914) 228 Ðonne cymst to þam endunga, þonne cweð þu be sone: Per omnia sæcula sæculorum. Amen. Sussum [read Sursum] corda. And swa þone prefatio oþ ende.OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) i. ii. 22 Nu ys þes prologus gehrepod (þæt ys forespræc): he ys prohemium oððe prephatio oððe prelocutio geciged.

Obsolete.

1. The act of introducing or speaking before, prefacing; an introductory statement.

ΚΠ

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Macc. ii. 33 Be it ynewȝ for to haue said so myche of prefacioun [L. præfatione], or byfore spekyng; forsothe, it is foly for to flete out, or be longe, bifore the storye.

1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 119/2 This protestacion and prefacion made, he said that..it were well done, to do vnto saintes or their ymages dispite or dishonour.

c1581 in Catholic Tractates (1901) 252 Ye confes this your selfes in the prefatione of our new Byble.

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 90 Shall we attend to the præfation of irrationals, and inanimate.

2. = preface n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > book > matter of book > [noun] > matter preceding text > preface

forespeechc1000

prefacec1380

prefationc1390

entrya1425

prelude1548

prescript1651

preliminary1888

prelims1921

c1390 (c1350) in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 189 Þenne þe Pope Leouns Made alle þe Prefaciuns [a1450 Cambr. prefaciouns; a1425 Harl. preface].

a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) v. 1377 Adryanys..Wes Pape off Rome, and ordanyt ay Sanctus..at the mess to say, Neyst effyre the prefatyown [v.rr. prefacion, prefacioun].

a1538 A. Abell Roit or Quheill of Tyme f. 44, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Prefac(i)o(u)n Paip Gelais..ordanit the canon of the mes the prefatioun the sequence..hes did Sanct Ambros before.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	prefation
释义	† prefationn. Forms: Middle English prefacione (in a late copy), Middle English prefacioun, Middle English prefaciun, 1500s prefacion, 1500s prefacyon, 1600s praefation; Scottish pre-1700 prefacion, pre-1700 prefacioun, pre-1700 prefacoun, pre-1700 prefatione, pre-1700 prefatioun, pre-1700 prefatyown. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French prefation; Latin praefātiōn-, praefātiō. Etymology: < Middle French prefacion, prefation preface, introductory matter (1396), part of the Catholic liturgy (1503; French †préfation ) and its etymon classical Latin praefātiōn-, praefātiō introductory statement, introductory formula, preface, prologue, in post-classical Latin also preliminary prayer, preface of the mass (3rd cent.) < praefāt- , past participial stem of praefārī to say beforehand or by way of preface, to address with a preliminary prayer ( < prae- pre- prefix + fārī to speak: see fame n.¹) + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Catalan prefació (1695), Spanish prefacio (1325 as prefaçio ), prefación (1422), Portuguese prefácio (14th cent.), prefação (1549), Italian prefazio (a1306 denoting the preface of the mass), prefazione (1481 as prefatione ). Compare preface n.For earlier use of Latin praefatio in an English context (in sense 2 (see quot. OE²) and in the sense ‘introduction to a literary work’) compare the following:OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) Pref. 174 Praefatio Ic Ælfric munuc & mæssepreost..wearð asend on Æþelredes dæge cyninges fram Ælfeage biscope [etc.].OE On Mass: Celebration on Vigils in B. Fehr Die Hirtenbriefe Ælfrics (1914) 228 Ðonne cymst to þam endunga, þonne cweð þu be sone: Per omnia sæcula sæculorum. Amen. Sussum [read Sursum] corda. And swa þone prefatio oþ ende.OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) i. ii. 22 Nu ys þes prologus gehrepod (þæt ys forespræc): he ys prohemium oððe prephatio oððe prelocutio geciged. Obsolete. 1. The act of introducing or speaking before, prefacing; an introductory statement. ΚΠ c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Macc. ii. 33 Be it ynewȝ for to haue said so myche of prefacioun [L. præfatione], or byfore spekyng; forsothe, it is foly for to flete out, or be longe, bifore the storye. 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 119/2 This protestacion and prefacion made, he said that..it were well done, to do vnto saintes or their ymages dispite or dishonour. c1581 in Catholic Tractates (1901) 252 Ye confes this your selfes in the prefatione of our new Byble. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 90 Shall we attend to the præfation of irrationals, and inanimate. 2. = preface n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > matter of book > [noun] > matter preceding text > preface forespeechc1000 prefacec1380 prefationc1390 entrya1425 prelude1548 prescript1651 preliminary1888 prelims1921 c1390 (c1350) in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 189 Þenne þe Pope Leouns Made alle þe Prefaciuns [a1450 Cambr. prefaciouns; a1425 Harl. preface]. a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) v. 1377 Adryanys..Wes Pape off Rome, and ordanyt ay Sanctus..at the mess to say, Neyst effyre the prefatyown [v.rr. prefacion, prefacioun]. a1538 A. Abell Roit or Quheill of Tyme f. 44, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Prefac(i)o(u)n Paip Gelais..ordanit the canon of the mes the prefatioun the sequence..hes did Sanct Ambros before. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1384
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