preambulatory

Preambulatory

Pre*am"bu*la*to*ry\, a. Preceding; going before; introductory. [R.]

Simon Magus had preambulatory impieties. --Jer. Taylor.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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