prologeticとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音, 英国発音) IPA^(key): /pɹɒləˈd͡ʒiːtɪk/, /pɹəʊləˈd͡ʒiːtɪk/

形容詞

prologetic (not comparable)

1. (まれに, also quasi-substantive) Occurring in or serving as a prologue.
   • 1855, Walter Murray Gibson, The Prison of Weltevreden, Contents, page ix:

     PROLOGETIC. Description of Prison of Weltevreden [etc.…] 1

   • 1873, A.V.S. Sligo (translator), R.F. Calixte (author), The Life of the Venerable Anna Maria Taigi, page 303:

     The simple matter-of-fact style of the narrative is, from its unobtrusive character, more adapted for spiritual reading than the views and generalisations, and prologetic extenuations of more recent biographers.

   • 1928, Manly Palmer Hall, translating Heinrich Khunrath, in The Secret Teachings of All Ages, Conclusion, page 203:

     To this portal ascent is made by a mystic, indisputably prologetic, flight of steps.