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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 434 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PROLEGOMENON (Gr. for " that which is said beforehand," 7rpoMyew, to speak, say before)

PROLEGOMENON (Gr. for " that which is said beforehand," 7rpoMyew, to speak, say before) , a

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PREFACE (Med. Lat. prefatia, for classical praefatio, praefari, to speak beforehand)

preface or introduction to a

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BOOK

book, especially a preliminary

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INTRODUCTORY

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ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

essay to a learned

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WORK

work, or a

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TREATISE

treatise which serves as a

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general survey or introduction to the study of some subject or as a

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SPECIAL

special survey of the subject . The word is more often used in the plural .

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