preambulatory

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɹiːˈæmbjʊlətɹi/, /pɹiːˈæmbjʊlətəɹi/, (also) /pɹiːæmbjʊˈleɪtəɹi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pɹiˈæmbjʊləˌtɔɹi/

Adjective

preambulatory (not comparable)

1. Preceding; going before; introductory.
   • 1651–1653, Jer[emy] Taylor, ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1655, →OCLC:

     Simon Magus had preambulatory impieties.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “preambulatory”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• perambulatory