Definition of Prolusion. Meaning of Prolusion. Synonyms of Prolusion

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Definition of Prolusion

Prolusion
Prolusion Pro*lu"sion, n. [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.

Meaning of Prolusion from wikipedia

- abstruse topics. His own corpus is not devoid of humour, notably his sixth prolusion and his epitaphs on the death of Thomas Hobson. While at Cambridge, he...
- 1760, noted Shakespearean editor Edward Capell included the play in his Prolusions; or, Select Pieces of Ancient Poetry, Compil'd with great Care from their...
- from the trunk of his car. Two years later, Shane turned MKS into the Prolusion Group with the help of a few business partners, and began to travel internationally...
- Study. doi:10.2139/ssrn.953277. SSRN 953277. Bubalo, Đorđe (2013). "A prolusion on the history of the text of Dušan's Code". Zbornik radova Vizantološkog...
- the Institute's activities, through the already mentioned Academic Year Prolusions given by Giovanni Vittani. It was, however, only from 1957 onward that...
- Retrieved 22 October 2011. [...]Reading the text of his [Guccini's] cultured prolusion about Pàvana's dialect, one gets serious, for the quality and quantity...
- (Madrid, 1628) Centuria de dictámenes prudentes (Quiñones, Madrid, 1641). Prolusión a la doctrina e historia natural (Madrid, 1629). Sigalion sive de sapientia...
- of the Privy Chamber through the same influence. In 1760 appeared his Prolusions, or, Select Pieces of Ancient Poetry, a collection which included Edward...
- Dionigi (2008), "Prolusione. Il "sistema del mondo" di Isaac Newton" [Prolusion. The "System of the World" of Isaac Newton], Atti della Accademia delle...
- the penultimate Tuesday in June, when prize exercises were recited (see prolusions) and all M.A.s and Doctors in all faculties were created. Source: 'Glossary...