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Definition of Preamble

1. Noun. A preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution (usually explaining its purpose).

2. Verb. Make a preliminary introduction, usually to a formal document.

Definition of Preamble

1. n. A introductory portion; an introduction or preface, as to a book, document, etc.; specifically, the introductory part of a statute, which states the reasons and intent of the law.

2. v. t. & i. To make a preamble to; to preface; to serve as a preamble.

Definition of Preamble

1. Noun. A short preliminary statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Preamble

1. an introductory statement [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Preamble

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preallotting prealter prealtered prealtering prealters preamble (current term) preambled preambles preambular preambulary

preambulate preambulated preambulates preambulating preambulation preambulations preambulatory preambulous preamp preamplification

Literary usage of Preamble

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Proceedings of the Hague Peace Conferences: Translation of the Original by James Brown Scott (1921)
"He puts the preamble to vote. His Excellency Baron Marschall von ... How could they express themselves concerning the preamble that makes allusion to ..."

2. History of the Origin, Formation, and Adoption of the Constitution of the by George Ticknor Curtis (1865)
"preamble. articles asserting and providing for the supremacy of the national ... The preamble of the Constitution, as originally reported by this committee ..."

3. James Madison's Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 and Their by James Brown Scott (1918)
"The preamble and its limitations. the States to ratify the Constitution, Mr. Madison said: \ The proposed Constitution, therefore, is, in strictness, ..."

4. The I. W. W.: A Study of American Syndicalism by Paul Frederick Brissenden (1919)
"Delegate Gil- 1 For the preamble vide Appendix ii. For the constitution as originally presented by the committee and discussions of the same, ..."

5. History of the Origin, Formation, and Adoption of the Constitution of the by George Ticknor Curtis (1858)
"The preamble of the Constitution, as originally reported by this committee, ch'ffered materially from that subsequently framed and adopted. ..."

6. The Church History of Britain, from the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, James Nichols (1842)
"A preamble of Importance restored out of the Records to the printed Statute. ... without any formal preamble in the printed books they are published. ..."

7. History of the Origin, Formation, and Adoption of the Constitution of the by George Ticknor Curtis (1861)
"The preamble of the Constitution, as originally reported by this committee, differed materially from that subsequently framed and adopted. ..."

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