<span class="searchmatch">præliminary</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">præliminaries</span>) Obsolete spelling of preliminary. 1658, James Harrington, The Prerogative of Popular Government: A Politicall Discourse...
<span class="searchmatch">præliminaries</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">præliminary</span>...
English Wikipedia has an article on: preliminary Wikipedia <span class="searchmatch">præliminary</span> (archaic) Borrowed from New Latin praelīmināris, formed from prae- (“before”) +...