Hypertext Webster Gateway: "prefatory"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Prefatory \Pref"a*to*ry\, a.
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a preface; introductory
to a book, essay, or discourse; as, prefatory remarks.
That prefatory addition to the Creed. --Dryden.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
prefatory
adj : serving as an introduction or preface [syn: {introductory},
{prefatorial}]
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