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Prolusion

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A trial before the principal performance; a prelude.

    "Domestic prolusions."

  2. 2
    exercising in preparation for strenuous activity wordnet
  3. 3
    An introductory essay.

    "Her presence was in some measure a restraint on the worthy divine, whose prolusion lasted the longer […]"

  4. 4
    a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book wordnet

Etymology

From Latin prolusio, from proludere (“to prelude”).

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