What does preludium mean?
Preludium means (now rare) prelude, portent.
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/pɹɪˈluːdiəm/ · noun
(now rare) prelude, portent.
[…]and ſo the dyſputation beganne, ſette a woꝛke by the Prolocutor with a verye ſhoꝛte pꝛæludium.
Maybe they would learn to raiſe the picke. / I am for 'um. They are very modeſt; tis a fine preludium.[…]
This Menelaus knows, expos'd to ſhare / With me the rough Preludium of the War.
Use preludium when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Preludium means (now rare) prelude, portent.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…]and ſo the dyſputation beganne, ſette a woꝛke by the Prolocutor with a verye ſhoꝛte pꝛæludium.
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