† fore-prepaˈration Obs.
[f. fore- prefix and fore prep.]
Preparation beforehand; also, nonce-use, the day before the (Jewish) ‘preparation’.
| 1580 Sidney Arcadia (1622) 207 Hauing much aduantage both in number, valure, and fore-preparation. 1656 Trapp Comm. John xix. 31 The Jews, before their preparation, had their fore-preparation. |