Preambulation
Pronunciation : Pre*am`bu*la"tion
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. A walking or going before; precedence. [R.]
2. A preamble. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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