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Webster 1913 Edition

Prefatory

Pref′a-to-ry

,

Adj.

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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Prefatory

PREF'ATORY

,

Adj.

Pertaining to a preface; introductory to a book, essay or discourse.