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praeludium

praeludium is the obsolete spelling of preludium.

Meaning of preludium

Noun

preludium (plural preludiums or preludia)

  1. (archaic) prelude, portent
    • […]and ſo the dyſputation beganne, ſette a woꝛke by the Prolocutor with a verye ſhoꝛte pꝛæludium.1563, Iohn Foxe, “Book 5”, in Actes and Monuments of theſe latter and perillous dayes […] , London: Iohn Day, page 1006

Forms of praeludium

pluralpraeludia

Questions about praeludium

What is praeludium the obsolete spelling of?
Praeludium is the obsolete spelling of preludium.

Words near praeludium in the dictionary

  1. praelectors
  2. praelectorship
  3. praelectorships
  4. praelects
  5. praeludia
  6. praeludium
  7. praemaxilla
  8. praemaxillae
  9. praemaxillary
  10. praemia
  11. praemium

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