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superliminary

superliminary adjective: preliminary, introductory.

Adjective

superliminary

  1. (rare) Preliminary, introductory.

Noun

superliminary (plural superliminaries)

  1. (obsolete, rare) The lintel across the top of a doorway.
    • (Note 88) Superliminary. Title: Literally, above the threshhold, suggesting the lintel over the passageway between the church porch and the church proper; here, figuratively, the poem that is the passage from "The Church Porch" to "The Church."1633, George Herbert (author), John N. Wall Jr. (editor), "Superluminary," in George Herbert: The Country Parson, The Temple (Paulist Press, 1981), p. 137 note 88 (Google preview)
    • I am sure this doore was besprinkled with blood, on all sides, before,and behind; his head, and his armes, as the superliminary, both sides of him, as the side-posts. and his feete as the threshold.1641, Edward Kellett, The Threefold Supper of Christ in the Night that He Was Betrayed, London, Thomas Cotes for Andrew-Crooke, p. 32 (Google preview)

Forms of superliminary

pluralsuperliminaries

Questions about superliminary

What does superliminary mean?
Superliminary means preliminary, introductory.
What part of speech is superliminary?
Superliminary can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near superliminary in the dictionary

  1. superlightning
  2. superlights
  3. superlightweight
  4. superliminal
  5. superliminaries
  6. superliminary
  7. superlimit
  8. superlimits
  9. superline
  10. superlineage
  11. superlineages

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