prolegomenon
noun
a preliminary discussion; introductory essay, as prefatory matter in a book; a prologue.
prolegomena
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pluralof prolegomenon.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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With these prolegomena, he launched into the discussion of the terms we have offered to debtor nations.
From Time Magazine Archive
Coleridge never finished anything, and his works are a heap of fragments of the prolegomena to ambitious schemes.
From The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill by Sir Leslie Stephen
The prolegomena to his scholia on Aristophanes supply us with valuable information on the Alexandrian libraries.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various
Thus were concluded the prolegomena to that great act of altruism which was to crown the day.
From Mad Shepherds and Other Human Studies by L. P. Jacks
The Aids were but of the nature of prolegomena.
From An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant by Edward Caldwell Moore
