preliminaries

And yet these preliminary details did not half conclude our shopping preliminaries in London.

The preliminaries of peace were signed on November 3, and laid before parliament on the 29th.

A majority for the peace had to be insured before the preliminaries came before parliament.

In the lords the address approving the preliminaries was passed without a division.

When these preliminaries were completed, he found himself face to face with the great difficulty.