PREFACE

I. noun see: ban Date: 14th century a variable doxology beginning with the Sursum Corda and ending with the Sanctus in traditional eucharistic liturgies, the introductory remarks of a speaker or author, approach , preliminary , II. verb (~d; prefacing) Date: 1619 intransitive verb to make introductory remarks, transitive verb to say or write as ~ , precede , herald , to introduce by or begin with a ~, to stand in front of , to be a preliminary to, ~r noun