prolusion

noun

pro·lu·sion | \ prō-ˈlü-zhən

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Definition of prolusion

1 : a preliminary trial or exercise : prelude

2 : an introductory and often tentative discourse

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in her prolusion she sketches the religious, cultural and political milieu in which gnosticism developed

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