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Prelibation   Listen
noun
Prelibation  n.  
1.
A tasting beforehand, or by anticipation; a foretaste; as, a prelibation of heavenly bliss.
2.
A pouring out, or libation, before tasting.





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"Prelibation" Quotes from Famous Books



... in medias res upon a sketch of De Quincey's life; were it not a rudeness amounting to downright profanity to omit the important ceremony of prelibation, and that at a banquet to which, implicitly, gods are invited. The reader will assuredly unite with me in all ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. XII. September, 1863, No. LXXI. - A Magazine Of Literature, Art, And Politics • Various
... play of her imagination upon this new and startling conception of life, an intoxicating prelibation of freedom such as she had ...
— Red Masquerade • Louis Joseph Vance


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