Modifies a noun

• remark: No sooner had I arrived than he went to business without any prefatory remarks.

• essay: The prefatory essay by the editors William Baker and J.H. Alexander provides a useful introduction to the Tales as a whole.

• matter: Concerning the old eds. , see the prefatory matter to THE FIRST PART.

• note: His Prefatory Note is a heady pedestal on which to set Frances Leviston's first collection.

• letter: The image to the right is from Gregory's prefatory letter addressed to Bishop Leander of Seville.

• material: I found too that a great strength of the collection is its use of first editions and the inclusion of prefatory material.