prefatory Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite serving as an introduction or preface
    prefatorial; introductory.

WordNet

Pref"a*to*ry adjective
Definitions
  1. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a preface; introductory to a book, essay, or discourse; as, prefatory remarks.
    That prefatory addition to the Creed. Dryden.

Webster 1913