Word Meanings - PRELUDER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who, or that which, preludes; one who plays a prelude. Mason.

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• PRELUDE
  An introductory performance, preceding and preparing for the principal matter; a preliminary part, movement, strain, etc.; especially , a strain introducing the theme or chief subject; a movement introductory to a fugue, yet independent; -- with
• PRELUDER
  One who, or that which, preludes; one who plays a prelude. Mason.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• MASONIC
  Of or pertaining to Freemasons or to their craft or mysteries.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• PLAYSOME
  Playful; wanton; sportive. R. Browning. -- Play"some*ness, n.
• MASON
  1. One whose occupation is to build with stone or brick; also, one who prepares stone for building purposes. 2. A member of the fraternity of Freemasons. See Freemason. Mason bee , any one of numerous species of solitary bees of the genus Osmia.
• MASONRY
  1. The art or occupation of a mason. 2. The work or performance of a mason; as, good or bad masonry; skillful masonry. 3. That which is built by a mason; anything constructed of the materials used by masons, such as stone, brick, tiles, or the
• ANTIMASONRY
  Opposition to Freemasonry.
• ANTIMASON
  One opposed to Freemasonry. -- An`ti*ma*son"ic, a.
• FREEMASONIC
  Pertaining to, or resembling, the institutions or the practices of freemasons; as, a freemasonic signal.
• FREEMASON
  One of an ancient and secret association or fraternity, said to have been at first composed of masons or builders in stone, but now consisting of persons who are united for social enjoyment and mutual assistance.
• FREEMASONRY
  The institutions or the practices of freemasons.