Defn: Of or pertaining to a preamble; introductory; contained or provided for in a preamble. "A preambulary tax." [R.] Burke.
PREAMBULATE
Pre*am"bu*late, v. i. Etym: [L. praeambulare. See Preamble.]
Defn: To walk before. [R.] Jordan.
PREAMBULATION
Pre*am`bu*la"tion, n.
1. A walking or going before; precedence. [R.]
2. A preamble. [Obs.] Chaucer.
PREAMBULATORY
Pre*am"bu*la*to*ry, a.
Defn: Preceding; going before; introductory. [R.]
Simon Magus had preambulatory impieties. Jer. Taylor.
PREAMBULOUS
Pre*am"bu*lous, a. Etym: [See Preamble, n.]
Defn: See Perambulatory. [R.] Sir T. Browne.