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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
prolusion /prəˈl(j)uːʒ(ə)n/

▶noun archaic or formal

1 a prelude.

2 a preliminary essay or article.

– origin C17: from L. prolusio(n-), from prolus-, proludere ‘practise beforehand’, from pro ‘before’ + ludere ‘to play’.

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