PREFATORY
Source: 566, 567
prefatory. Prefatory, a. done by way of preface, introductory
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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.