From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Preamble \Pre"am'ble\, noun [LL. praeambulum, from L. praeambulus walking before, fr. praeambulare to walk before; prae before + ambulare to walk: cf. F. pr['e]ambule. See {Amble}.] A introductory portion; an introduction or preface, as to a book, document, etc.; specifically, the introductory part of a statute, which states the reasons and intent of the law.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Preamble \Pre"am'ble\, verb (used with an object) & i. To make a preamble to; to preface; to serve as a preamble. [R.] --Feltham. Milton.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution (usually explaining its purpose)
verb
1: make a preliminary introduction, usually to a formal document
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "preamble": avant-propos, breakthrough, exordium, foreword, front matter, frontispiece, innovation, introduce, introduction, leap, overture, postulate, preface, prefix, prefixture, preliminary, prelude, premise, presupposition, proem, prolegomena, prolegomenon, prolepsis, prologize, prologue, protasis, verse, voluntary
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