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Definition of Prelibation
1. n. A tasting beforehand, or by anticipation; a foretaste; as, a prelibation of heavenly bliss.
Definition of Prelibation
1. Noun. A tasting beforehand, or by anticipation; a foretaste. ¹
2. Noun. A pouring out, or libation, before tasting. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prelibation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prelibation
Literary usage of Prelibation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cœlebs in Search of a Wife: Comprehending Observations on Domestic Habits by Hannah More (1809)
"... perfection of his nature, but only a gracious earnest, a bounteous prelibation
of that blessedness which ia without measure, and shall be without end. ..."
2. Heaven in Song: Comprising the Gems of All Ages on the Better Land by Henry Clay Fish (1874)
"THE prelibation OF HEAVEN CHARLES HOW happy every child of grace Who knows his
sins forgiven ; This earth, he cries, is not my place, I seek my place in ..."
3. The Evolution of Marriage and of the Family by Charles Jean Marie Letourneau (1895)
"In a French title-deed of 1507 we read that the Count d'Eu has the right of
prelibation in the said place when any one marries.3 More than this,! ..."
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