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Meanings of prolusion in English

Portuguese
prefácio
Catalan
prefaci

A short introductory essay preceding the text of a book.

prefácio
Catalan
escalfament

Exercising in preparation for strenuous activity.

escalfament
Usage of prolusion in English
1
After such high prolusions!
Love and Mr. Lewisham
2
My Lord Derby was at that moment, and for many months afterwards, assisting Valentine Dale in his classical prolusions on the sands of Bourbourg.
History of the United Netherlands, 1588b
3
What had the guardian of the Lizards to do with clubs of tall or of little men, with nests of ants, or with Strada's prolusions?
Lives of the Poets, Volume 1
Translations for prolusion
Portuguese
prefácio