s as z. [Latin prolusio, proludo; pro and ludo, to play.] A prelude; entertainment; diverting performance. [Little used.]
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
A trial before the principal performance; a prelude; hence, an introductory essay or exercise.
Precursor Roget’s Thesaurus §64
N. precursor, antecedent, precedent, predecessor, forerunner, vancourier, avant-coureur, pioneer, prodrome|, prodromos, prodromus, outrider, leader, bellwether, herald, harbinger, foreboding, dawn, avant-courier, avant-garde, bellmare, forelooper, foreloper, stalking-horse, voorlooper, voortrekker, prelude, preamble, preface, prologue, foreword, avant-propos, protasis, proemium, prolusion, proem, prolepsis, prolegomena, prefix, introduction, heading, frontispiece, groundwork, preparation, overture, exordium, symphony, premises, prefigurement, omen
Adj. precursory, prelusive, prelusory, preludious, proemial, introductory, prefatory, prodromous, inaugural, preliminary, precedent
Phr. "a precedent embalms a principle"
No Bible verses found for "prolusion".