preparationn.
/ˌprɛpəˈreɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌprɛpəˈreɪʃ(ə)n/ I. The action of preparing something.† 3. An introduction or preface to a book. Obsolete.
1.
a. In plural. Things done to get ready for an event or undertaking; preparatory measures. Also in singular: a preparatory act or procedure. Frequently with for.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > a) preparation(s)
preparationsc1390
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c1390 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 161 (MED) Kunredes come, & kunredes gon..But alle hee passeþ euerichon, For al heor preparacions.
c1475 tr. Henri de Mondeville Surgery (Wellcome) f. 148 (MED) The twelue rule is þat we schulen as wel in staunchinge of þe blood as in preparacioun of þe wounde & in all oþere preparaciouns, as in byndynge & in liggynge & al oþir maner of worchinge, kepe þe pacient from akþe ouþir þoruȝ handlyng.
1520 in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) VI. 63 Though the preparacions here bene slacked, because moche money nedith.
1560 Bible (Geneva) Prov. xvi. 1 The preparations of the heart are in man: but the answer of the tongue is of the Lord.
1645 J. Winthrop Declar. Former Passages 2 Which treacherous plots were confirmed by the Indians generall preparations, messages, insolencies and outrages against the English & such Indians as were subjects or freinds to them.
1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 233 On Thursday..we went to Boulac, to see the preparations that were making for the cutting of the Khalis.
1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 11 Telling me, what he had it seems, heard abroad, that the best Preparation for the Plague was to run away from it.
1799 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1834) I. 17 He advanced his hostile preparations.
1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) II. vii. 143 The preparations for the marriage were commenced.
1887 H. S. Holland Christ or Eccles. 128 That great after-world for which..this age-long story of man is but a preparation.
1954 Manch. Guardian Weekly 9 Dec. 2/2 A military background is not a full and complete preparation for a Chief Executive.
1989 N. Sherry Life Graham Greene I. xxiv. 347 As the date of the wedding approached, Greene threw himself into the preparations.
2003 K. Hosseini Kite Runner (2004) vii. 53 Kite fighters were huddling with their spool holders, making last minute preparations.
b. The action of preparing, or the condition of being prepared; the action of putting or setting something or someone in order for any action or purpose; making or getting ready; fitting out. Frequently with for.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun]
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a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 1429 After the preparacion of due constellacion.
?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 90 (MED) As touchinge þe preparacioun oþer diȝtinge of þe wounde, ffirste anone as þe wounde is clensed as it owe to ben, þe lippes schal ben ioyned to tider.
a1475 Bk. Quinte Essence (1889) 11 (MED) It is certeyn þat nature þat 5 essence maad so perfiȝt þat, wiþoute ony oþir greet preparacioun wiþoute þe veynes, it beriþ forþ þat blood anoon aftir into fleisch.
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour ii. i. sig. Niijv Nowe will I traicte of the preparation of suche personages, whan they firste receyue any great dignitie.
1587 J. White in R. Hakluyt Princ. Nav. (1889) XIII. 361 That day passed, and we saw no preparation for landing in Hispaniola.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. iv. 219 Be yare in thy preparation, for thy assaylant is quick, skilfull, and deadly. View more context for this quotation
1659 A. Hay Diary (1901) 50 I..then retired myself to my preparatioun and weeklie search, and had a very comfortable allowance in some meditations.
1739 T. Cooke Mournful Nuptials v. ii. 63 This is a tale you shou'd have told to me, That at a proper season, and with due preparation, it might have reach'd her ear.
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. lix. 280 All hands at work in preparation for London.
1777 H. Blair Serm. I. iv. 111 Let us carry on our preparation for heaven..by fulfilling the duties and offices of every station in life.
1801 Monthly Rev. 12 589 An unzealous tardiness of preparation.
1859 Harper's Mag. May 800/2 I suppose they are in the last agonies of preparation, lighting up and going about to see that every thing is comme il faut.
1876 W. E. Gladstone in Contemp. Rev. Dec. 17 It is in and by freedom only, that adequate preparation for fuller freedom can be made.
1931 Fortune Aug. 27/1 He will have ten hours of final preparation before beginning to shoot his thirty-fifth feature film.
1963 Daily Tel. 10 Jan. 22/6 We can look back on 1962 as a year of preparation.
1997 Navy News July 2/3 Once-only suits and lifejackets were lowered in preparation for another winch operation using the double-lift technique.
2. The action or process of specially producing or making up a thing in its proper condition for use or consideration; preparatory treatment; esp. the cooking and serving up of food, the making of a chemical compound, drug, etc., from appropriate starting materials, or the drawing up of a document. Frequently with of.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > [noun]
dressing1362
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mess-making1742
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society > communication > writing > manner of writing > [noun] > drawing up document
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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacture or production > [noun] > preparation of substance
preparation1615
?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 6v In which it shal be said..Of lauacioun & preperacion [?c1425 Paris arrayeng; L. preparatione] of tuthie & of alle metallez.
1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) vi. xx. n iv b/1 In meete preparacion [a1450 Bodl. greiþing] gooth tofore and thenne comyth chewynge.
a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) 1445 (MED) When youre materials bi preparacione Be made wel apte for generacione, Then thei most be departed..In-to iiij elementis.
1536 Kyngston in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. II. 63 The preparacion of skefolds.
1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner Newe Jewell of Health (title) The newe jewell of health, wherein is contayned..the vse and preparation of antimonie, and potable gold.
1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 474 The Animall spirit is generated of the vitall spirit and the aire breathed in; whose preparation is in the labyrinthian webs of the small arteries, & in the vpper or forward ventricles.
1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. ii. App. 363 The Easinesse of the preparation..will much indear it [sc. a medicine] to me.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Writers on cookery give the preparation of alamode or larded beef.
1787 T. Jefferson Let. 30 July in Papers (1955) XI. 644 The Carolina rice..crumbles, in certain forms of preparation.
1856 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. II. 625 Owing to the unstable character of the binoxide of hydrogen (HO2), its preparation is attended with great difficulty.
1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi xxvi. 544 Another part of the work of women is in the preparation of beer.
1895 Bookman Oct. 15/1 A new edition is in active preparation.
1922 T. M. Lowry Inorg. Chem. xxiii. 270 The exothermic oxidation of gaseous hydrogen chloride by oxygen was made use of for the commercial preparation of chlorine.
1967 A. Djoleto Strange Man iii. 32 Each one of them went home directly to help with the preparation of the evening meal.
2005 New Scientist 3 Sept. 72/1 (advt.) Working with senior scientists in study summarisation and the preparation of environmental and human health risk assessments.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > parts of a written composition > [noun] > prologue or introduction
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1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection Pref. sig. Ai The two first [books]: be but as prefaces, preparacions and declaracions to the thyrde boke.
1646 H. Moseley in J. Suckling Fragmenta Aurea To Rdr. sig. A3 While Sucklin's name is in the forehead of this Booke, these Poems can want no preparation.
4. The acts or observances preliminary to the celebration of the Jewish Sabbath or other festival; (also) the day before the Sabbath or other festival. Now rare except in preparation day n. at Compounds 2.
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society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun] > day before
preparation1557
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society > faith > worship > liturgical year > Sabbath > [noun] > observance of > preparation for Jewish
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society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun] > day before > observances for
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society > faith > worship > liturgical year > Sabbath > [noun] > observance of > preparation for Jewish > acts of
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1557 Bible (Whittingham) Matt. xxvii. 62 The next day that folowed the day of Preparation of the Sabbath [μετὰ τὴν παρασκευήν; 1539 (Great) the daye of preparinge, 1611 the day of the preparation].
1611 Bible (King James) John xix. 14 And it was the preparation of the Passeouer. View more context for this quotation
1625 T. Godwin Moses & Aaron iii. iii. 122 In old time they proclaimed the preparation with noyse of trumpets, or hornes.
1656 J. Trapp Comm. John xix. 31 The Jews, before their preparation, had their fore-preparation.
1900 S. J. Andrews Life Our Lord upon Earth (rev. ed.) vii. 546 John's meaning would be, it was the sixth hour before the commencement of the preparation.
5. Christian Church. The action of preparing for the Eucharist; a set of prayers used before its celebration. Also: the first part of the Eucharistic rite.
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society > faith > worship > parts of service > Ante-Communion > [noun]
preparation1628
Ante-Communion1657
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society > faith > worship > parts of service > Ante-Communion > [noun] > prayers during
preparation1628
1628 in H. Paton Dundonald Parish Rec. (1936) 257 William Clarke..challenged for drinking..all nyght the first preparatioun before the communion.
1650 Bp. J. Taylor Rule & Exercises Holy Living iv. §10 (heading) A Prayer of Preparation or Address to the Holy Sacrament.
1670 in J. Hardy Session Bk. Bonckle (1899) 27 Intimation was maid of the communion..and the peopel exorted to a day's preparation.
1701 G. Turnbull Diary (1893) 403 Being Saturday the preparation befor the sacrament in Oldhamstocks, I preached on gen. 35, 4, 5.
1855 F. Procter Hist. Bk. Common Prayer ii. iii. 334 [The Office of Holy Communion] consists of three general divisions: the Preparation, the Office itself, and the service of Thanksgiving. The first part of the Preparation incites the whole congregation to the exercise of repentance, by the Lord's Prayer, the Collect for purity, and the Ten Commandments.
1880 W. E. Scudamore in W. Smith & S. Cheetham Dict. Christian Antiq. II. 1060/2 This occurs in a prayer or preparation said before the priest places himself at the altar in the liturgy of St. James.
1885 Before Altar 30 In using the prayers of preparation.
1890 W. Walsham How Holy Communion i. 21 The following Prayer on the Passion may..be used during the preparation on Friday.
1957 F. L. Cross Oxf. Dict. Christian Church 1100/2 Preparation, the, in the W[estern] Church the opening prayers at Mass.
1960 W. J. Burghardt & W. F. Lynch Idea of Catholicism 324 The Communion service, preceded by the Our Father and other appropriate prayers of preparation, and followed by prayers of thanksgiving.
1979 T. Klauser Short Hist. Western Liturgy (ed. 2) iii. 107 The Introit, the text which used to be sung at the entrance of the celebrant was not read at private mass until the preparation had been said.
6. Music. The preparing of a discord; the sounding of the dissonant note in a discord as a consonant note in the previous chord, so lessening the effect of the discord. Often contrasted with resolution (see resolution n.1 9b). Cf. prepare v. 8.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > [noun] > movement of parts > suspension, anticipation, etc.
resolution1721
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1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Discord The Discords are introduced into the Harmony with due Preparation, and must be succeeded by Concords; which is commonly call'd the Resolution of the Discord.
1869 F. A. G. Ouseley Treat. Counterpoint v. 24 The resolution of one dissonance may serve as the preparation for the next.
1877 J. Stainer Harmony vii. §91 The note of preparation is generally heard in the same part as the dissonant note.
1947 G. F. Soderlund Direct Approach to Counterpoint xxxviii. 95 This form..shared the location on beats one and three with the common suspension dissonance, and had the same preparation and resolution beats, i.e., two or four.
1990 Mus. Anal. 9 14 The composer understood this dissonant chord to be independent of any conventional requirement of resolution into a consonant triad, not to mention preparation of the dissonance as a consonance.
II. The result of preparing.† 7. A thing which is prepared or made ready for any action, esp. warfare; a piece of equipment; a force, fleet, etc., fitted out for battle. Usually in plural. Obsolete.† 9. A personal accomplishment gained by previous instruction or practice. Obsolete. rare.† 10. Spinning. A quantity of wool divided over a set amount of weaving apparatus. Obsolete. rare.
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society > armed hostility > warriors collectively > [noun]
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1573 R. Lever Arte of Reason iv. xii. 182 By preparation I vnderstande not only the acte of prouiding: but the things also yt are prepared, as meanes to bring a purpose or deuise to passe.
1583–4 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 639 How far his Hienes munitioun houssis, ordinance, cairtis, and utheris preparationis of weir, ar demountid and decayit.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) ii. iv. 18 Defences, Musters, Preparations, Should be maintain'd, assembled, and collected. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. iii. 220 The Turke with most mighty preparation makes for Cipres. View more context for this quotation
1692 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 456 Great quantities of warlike preparations, as..pickaxes, shovells, crow spikes, etc.
1781 T. Jefferson Let. 7 Apr. in Papers (1952) V. 370 Their preparation of boats is considerable.
1800 H. J. Pye Adelaide v. 66 Where are the troops, the warlike preparations, That Richard is to head against the infidels?
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a. A specially prepared or made up substance, as a medicine, cosmetic, foodstuff, etc.
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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacture or production > [noun] > manufactured article or product
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society > occupation and work > materials > types of material generally > [noun] > material prepared for specific use
preparation1590
the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > state of being prepared or ready > a substance prepared for use
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1590 W. Clever Flower of Phisicke 122 Galen..practiseth to wash away his former obiection against the preparation of popie, seemeth to admit the vse thereof against..hote vlcerations.
1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke iii. 154 The same coagulating force..doth manifestly appeare in those preparations which are called precipitations.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. vii. 28 The Chymistes..overmagnifying their preparations . View more context for this quotation
1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet i. 263 Express'd Oils of ripe Vegetables, and all Preparations of such.
1786 T. Arnold Observ. Nature Insanity II. 254 A preparation of a poisonous vegetable called Bangue.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth v, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 107 There were also various preparations of milk which..were eaten out of similar vessels.
1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 17 A chapter on preparations, with directions for their manufacture.
1941 B. Robertson I saw Eng. iv. 51 They had scrubbed the burnt flesh clean and then had covered the entire burnt area with a tannic jelly preparation.
1972 Guardian 7 Nov. 11/3 The Vichy preparations include complete ranges of cleansers, toners, moisturisers, night creams.
2000 J. Cummings World Food: Thailand 47 Early Thai and Chinese historical records mention pungent food preparations containing native galangal, ginger, lemongrass, black pepper and shrimp paste.
b. A specimen that has been prepared for medical or other scientific examination, display, etc.
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the world > life > biology > laboratory analysis > processes > [noun] > specimen prepared for
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1705 T. Greenhill Νεκροκηδεια i. 4 The present Age therefore accounts the chief Use of this Art [sc. embalming] to be in Anatomical Preparations.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Insects Those [animals] which so elegantly eat away the fleshy parts from the injected anatomical preparations.
1852 Times 11 Sept. 7/3 The professor's demonstration..was assisted by some excellent diagrams and preparations.
a1862 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1869) III. v. 433 It contained upwards of 10,000 preparations illustrative of the phenomena of nature.
1941 Bull.Torrey Bot. Club 60 632 (caption) Photomicrographs from acetocarmine preparations, illustrating growth and maturation of ascospores.
1994 Science Oct. 582/1 (caption) Cuticle preparations illustrating different classes of mutations.
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the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > acquired skill > an accomplishment
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a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) ii. ii. 221 You are a gentleman of excellent breeding, admirable discourse,..generally allow'd for your many war-like, court-like, and learned preparations . View more context for this quotation
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1851 L. D. B. Gordon in Art Jrnl. Illustr. Catal. p. iv **/2 160 pounds [of wool] constitute a preparation, which is confined to a given set of cards, drawers, and roving frames. One man superintends four such preparations.
11. Originally and chiefly British. Schoolwork done outside teaching periods by a pupil preparing for subsequent lessons, esp. under supervision, as in a private or preparatory school; work assigned to a pupil to be done on this basis; time set aside for such work in a school's routine. Also occasionally as a count noun. Colloquially abbreviated prep (see prep n.3 2). Cf. homework n. 2. N.E.D.(1906) s.v. reports Bishop John Percival, the first headmaster of Clifton College, Bristol, as stating that preparation was ‘used..from the beginning [i.e. 1862], the boys..calling it Prep.’ The full form is now largely restricted to formal contexts.
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society > education > learning > study > subject or object of study > [noun] > exercises or homework
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1841 Times 6 Aug. 2/1 (advt.) Mrs. Worth receives the junior pupils of this College for board and lodging... Assistance is given in the preparation of their lessons and exercises for each succeeding day.]
1875 ‘A. R. Hope’ My Schoolboy Friends 181 I had to go downstairs to preparation.
1914 ‘I. Hay’ Lighter Side School Life iv. 114 A prefect..awarded both signallers fifty lines for creating a disturbance in Preparation.
1971 Black Scholar Jan. 64/1 (advt.) Teaching load each semester is 7 to 8 hours with two preparations.
1986 G. Walford Life Public Schools ii. 43 Prep, or preparation periods are fixed quiet times in the evening when boys work on their own.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.† preparation-cup n. Obsolete
preparation book n.
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1896 E. Turner Little Larrikin viii. 76 The diminution of the pile of preparation books.
1993 Jrnl. School Health (Nexis) Jan. 21 In 1823 the first professional preparation book was published for health education. In 1839 Horace Mann voiced the need for schools to give attention to health and the need to train teachers to develop an awareness of health.
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1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires vi. 110 But e're she sup, Swallows a swinging Preparation-Cup; And then, to clear her Stomach, spews it up.
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preparation day n. (a) the day before the Jewish Sabbath or other festival; (b) Christian Church (esp. in Presbyterian Churches) a day preceding that on which the Eucharist (Communion) is celebrated.
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society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun] > day before
preparation1557
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society > faith > worship > liturgical year > Sabbath > [noun] > observance of > preparation for Jewish
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1557 Bible (Whittingham) John xix. 42 There then layd they Iesus, because of the Iews Preparation day [so 1611; 1539 (Great) the preparing of the Sabbath of the Iewes].
1628 in H. Paton Dundonald Parish Rec. (1936) 256 For drinking all nycht the first preparatioune daye, and the morne thairafter, being the first communion Sabbath.
1729 P. Walkden Diary 18 July (1866) (modernized text) 31 It being preparation day, I got ready for chapel.
a1732 T. Boston Memoirs (1776) viii.180 My child died on the Friday, and was buried on Saturday, the preparation-day, after sermon.
1961 PMLA 76 506/1 On Saturday, preparation day, a preparatory service was observed. The actual celebration took place on Sunday.
2002 Gleaner (Nexis) 3 Apr. In the Gospel according to John, Jesus dies on the cross on Preparation Day at the same hour as the Passover lambs were being slaughtered in the temple.
preparation sermon n. chiefly Scottish a sermon preached on a preparation day in Presbyterian churches.
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1629 Z. Boyd Two Serm. 70 Now good people, not knowing if ever after this yee shall heare or I teach another Preparation Sermon in this place, let me conclude all with [etc.].
1721 R. Wodrow Hist. Sufferings Church of Scotl. (1828) II. xiii. 483/2 The orders came to their hands upon Saturday, when at the preparation-sermon.
1843 Knickerbocker 21 261 On the very day of the preparation sermon at Tinnecum, a number of young persons were assembled.
1886 A. Edgar Old Church Life 125 The Saturday's preparation sermon, enjoined by the General Assembly in 1645, was also..an ancient institution in the Church of Scotland.
1998 Past & Present 161 53 The preparation sermons were publicly advertised and would have attracted attendance from neighbouring areas.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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