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prelims  pl n 
1  (Also called)  front matter the pages of a book, such as the title page and contents, before the main text 
2 the first public examinations taken for the bachelor's degree in some universities 
3 (in Scotland) the school examinations taken as practice before public examinations 
 (C19: a contraction of preliminaries)