Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PRE-LIM'IN-A-RY
PRE-LIM'IN-A-RY, n.
That which precedes the main discourse, work, design or business; something previous or preparatory; as, the preliminaries to a negotiation or treaty the preliminaries to a combat. The parties met to settle the preliminaries.
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