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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

prolusio

, fr.

proludere

to prelude;

pro

before +

ludere

to play: cf. F.

prolusion

, It.

prolusione

A trial before the principal performance; a prelude; hence, an introductory essay or exercise.

“Domestic prolusions.”

Thackeray.

Her presence was in some measure a restraint on the worthy divine, whose

prolusion

lasted.

Sir W. Scott.

Noun.

s as z. [L. prolusio, proludo; pro and ludo, to play.] A prelude; entertainment; diverting performance. [Little used.]