prolegomenon

Sovereign Nations is a group that, on its website, describes itself “as a prolegomenon to the formation of a new, and not just sentimental, conservative and Constitutional Republic.”

From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2018

Instead, what emerged from the session was yet another prolegomenon to future negotiations, brokered at the very last minute—and over the objections of many other world leaders—by President Barack Obama.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 24, 2015

A second prolegomenon: believe it or not, I don’t dislike Brad DeLong.

From Forbes ● Sep. 22, 2014

So much by way of prolegomenon; now for the doctor.

From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 by William Cowper Brann

Therefore have I chosen, in this prolegomenon, to unload my burden of thanks at thy feet, for the favour with which thou last kindly entertained the Tales of my Landlord.

From The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 by Sir Walter Scott

With these prolegomena, he launched into the discussion of the terms we have offered to debtor nations.

From Time Magazine Archive

Think of the pages and pages in the catalogue: "SOAMES, ENOCH" endlessly—endless editions, commentaries, prolegomena, biographies'—but here he was interrupted by a sudden loud creak of the chair at the next table.

From Seven Men by Sir Max Beerbohm

I hope on some future occasion to treat the subject of the English Folk-tale on a larger scale and with all the necessary paraphernalia of prolegomena and excursus.

From English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs

Next come prefaces, prolegomena, and "previous dissertations," examining the lives, actions, and miracles of the Saints, authorship and history of the manuscripts, and other literary and historical questions.

From The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1 by Various

These prolegomena would not perhaps alone suffice to give this teacher a claim to the title of creator of a science.

From Delsarte System of Oratory by Various