Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Preface
preface, n. [Fr. < L. præfātio < præ, before, in front, in advance + fārī, speak.] (webplay: reader).
Introduction; preliminary remarks; prologue; prelude; explanatory section preceding the main body of a work of literature; [fig.] childhood; youth; early years of mortality.
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