preface
preface is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(R. C. Ch.) The prelude or introduction to the canon of the Mass. Addis & Arnold. Proper preface (Ch. of Eng. & Prot. Epis. Ch.), a portion of the communion service, preceding the prayer of consecration, appointed for certain seasons.
- 2.To introduce by a preface; to give a preface to; as, to preface a book discourse.
- 3.To make a preface. Jer. Taylor.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- advance
- aforementioned
- aforesaid
- antecedence
- antecedency
- antecedent
- anteposition
- anterior
- anteriority
- avant-courier
- ball
- before
- bellwether
- come
- coming
- dance
- dawn
- exordium
- fashion
- first
- foreboding
- forerunner
- foreword
- former
- front
- frontispiece
- get
- groundwork
- harbinger
- have
- head
- heading
- herald
- importance
- inaugural
- influence
- introduce
- introduction
- introductory
- lead
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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