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preparatory (adj.)
early 15c., from Late Latin
praeparatorius
, from Latin
praeparatus
(see
preparation
). Earlier in same sense was
preparative
(late 14c.). Applied from 1822 to junior schools in which pupils are "prepared" for a higher school.
