Prefatory

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           That prefatory addition to the Creed.    --Dryden.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  prefatory
       adj : serving as an introduction or preface [syn: {introductory},
             {prefatorial}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "prefatory":
     antecedent, anterior, chief, exordial, first, foremost, headmost,
     inaugural, inductive, initiatory, introductory, leading, opening,
     precedent, preceding, precessional, precursory, prefixed, prelim,
     preliminary, preludial, prelusive, preparatory, prepositive,
     prevenient, prior, proemial, propaedeutic