Synonyms for preamble

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pree-am-buh l, pree-am-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpriˌæm bəl, priˈæm-

Définition of preamble

Origin : late 14c., from Old French preambule (13c.) and directly from Medieval Latin preambulum, neuter adjective used as a noun, properly "preliminary," from Late Latin praeambulus "walking before," from Latin prae- "before" (see pre-) + ambulare "to walk" (see amble (v.)).

noun introduction

Example sentences :

As in the case of other laws, let us have a preamble, relating to all this class of crime.
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

The first four books are described by Plato himself as the preface or preamble.
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

Let this be the preamble of our laws; the strain will follow.
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

"This preamble does not promise well," said Lady Kilgoff, with a cold smile.
Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever

So he waited with a hope-lit serenity the preamble to the arrival of his—her—their child.
Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes

As a preamble La Signorina raised the inevitable veil to the rim of her hat.
Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath

Perhaps also there is very little use in making any preamble to what I have to tell.
Extract from : « Paul Patoff » by F. Marion Crawford

You would not understand the preamble, so I will tell it in plain words.
Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Detroit » by Amanda Minnie Douglas

Shouldn't wonder, as I'm afraid from your preamble it is nothing I care to hear.
Extract from : « Isabel Leicester » by Clotilda Jennings

"Yes, we will," exclaimed his auditors, their curiosity aroused by this preamble.
Extract from : « In Search of the Castaways » by Jules Verne

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