prefatory
adjective
of, relating to, or of the nature of a preface.
prefatorial
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a variation of
prefatory.
Example Sentences
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Voltaire considered this epic poem a great contribution to literature, and in the prefatorial essay to his own epic, the "Henriade," he praises it very highly.
From Education: How Old The New by James J. Walsh
"Worn out by what was really never life to him," is a prefatorial phrase I recall.
From Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets by Marsden Hartley
