meaning of preface
1. Something spoken as introductory to a discourse, or written as introductory to a book or essay; a proem; an introduction, or series of preliminary remarks.
2. The prelude or introduction to the canon of the Mass.
3. To introduce by a preface; to give a preface to; as, to preface a book discourse.
4. To make a preface.
5. a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
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