Prēp′o-sĭ′tion, n.

(-zĭsh′un), n. [Lat. præpositio, Fr. préposition, Pr. prepositio, Sp. preposicion, It. preposizione. See supra.]

1. (Gram.) A particle governing and generally placed before a substantive or pronoun, which is put in an oblique case (in English, in the objective), and expressing a relation of this object to the object, action, or state, denoted by some other word.
2. Proposition; exposition; harangue; oration; discourse. [Obs. and rare.]

The Bishop of Langers, because he was a prelate, began to speak and to make his preposition well and sagely. Bemers. He made a long preposition and oration. Fabyan.