Præliminary

Full definition of præliminary

Noun

1. Obsolete spelling of preliminary
• 1658, James Harrington, The Prerogative of Popular Government: A Politicall Discourse in Two Books (Printed for Tho. Brewster at the three Bibles at the West end of Pauls Church-yard), sub-title:The Prerogative of Popular Government: A Politicall Discourse in Two Books. The former containing the first præliminary of Oceana, inlarged, interpreted, and vindicated from all such mistakes or slanders as have been alledged against it under the Notion of Objections; the second concerning ordination, against Dr. H. Hamond, Dr. L. Seaman, and the authors they follow.

Adjective

1. Obsolete spelling of preliminary
• 1711, Michel de Montaigne (author) and Charles Cotton (translator), (4th ed.), page 262He writ an excellent Latin Satyr, which I Å¿ince Printed, wherein he excuÅ¿es the precipitation of our Intelligence, Å¿o Å¿uddenly come to perfection, Å¿aying, that being to have Å¿o Å¿hort continuance, as being begun Å¿o late, (for we were both full grown Men, and he Å¿ome Years the older) there was no time to loÅ¿e; nor was ti’d to conform it Å¿elf to the example of thoÅ¿e Å¿low and regular FriendÅ¿hips, that require Å¿o many precautions of a long præliminary ConverÅ¿ation.