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Prolegomenon
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Prolˊe-gom′e-non
,Noun.
pl.
Prolegomena
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. [ NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK], properly neut. pass. p. pr. of [GREEK] to say beforehand; [GREEK] before + [GREEK] to say.]
A preliminary remark or observation; an introductory discourse prefixed to a book or treatise.
D. Stokes (1659). Sir W. Scott.