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coming before the main part or item usually to introduce or prepare for what follows
- in prefatory remarks he offered his own definition of "civilization", a word subject to a variety of interpretations
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“Prefatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prefatory. Accessed 9 Mar. 2021.
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The first known use of prefatory was in 1675
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