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liminary, a. ? Obs.|ˈlɪmɪnərɪ|
[ad. F. liminaire, ad. L. līmināris, f. līmin-, līmen: see -ary2.]
Introductory, preparatory; = preliminary.
1603Florio Montaigne iii. xii. (1632) 595, I need but the liminary epistle [= F. epistre liminaire] of a Germane to store me with allegations. 1661Blount Glossogr., Liminarie. 1663Flagellum or O. Cromwell 188 As the grand and Liminary work to Oliver's Regality. 1898Blackw. Mag. Oct. 518/2 With..its epistles liminary and ultimate. |