"preambulation" meaning in English

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        "A walking or going before; precedence."
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        "(obsolete) A walking or going before; precedence."
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          "ref": "1580, Humfrey Gifford, “Epistle to the Reader of the Prose in the \"Posie\"”, in Alexander B. Grosart, editor, The Poems of Humfrey Gifford, for private circulation, published 1870, →OCLC, page 33:",
          "text": "But to omitte these preambulations, and come to the purpose, I tell thee—gentle Reader—if thou wilt vouchsafe the ouerlooking of this comfortable recreation, with a mind to profit, thou maist reape benefit, and be greatly bettered by the reading of it.",
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        "A preamble."
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        "(obsolete) A preamble."
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        "(obsolete) A walking or going before; precedence."
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          "text": "But to omitte these preambulations, and come to the purpose, I tell thee—gentle Reader—if thou wilt vouchsafe the ouerlooking of this comfortable recreation, with a mind to profit, thou maist reape benefit, and be greatly bettered by the reading of it.",
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