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Prolusion

Prolusion \Pro*lu"sion\, n. [L. prolusio, fr. proludere to prelude; pro before + ludere to play: cf. F. prolusion, It. prolusione.] A trial before the principal performance; a prelude; hence, an introductory essay or exercise. ``Domestic prolusions.''
--Thackeray.

Her presence was in some measure a restraint on the worthy divine, whose prolusion lasted.
--Sir W. Scott.

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prolusion

n. 1 A trial before the principal performance; a prelude. 2 An introductory essay.

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prolusion

  1. n. a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book [syn: foreword, preface]

  2. exercising in preparation for strenuous activity [syn: warm-up, tune-up]

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If his Grace, however, were soon reconciled to this not very agreeable notoriety, and consoled himself under the activity of his libellers by the conviction that their prolusions did not even amount to a caricature, he was less easily satisfied with another performance which speedily advanced its claims to public notice.