foregroup

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) A previous or prior grouping or assemblage.
 * 2) A group positioned in the fore or out front.
 * 3) * 1987, Jewish quarterly review:
 * Sometimes the former were composed into a foregroup while the latter were consigned to the background; at other times the holy people were placed in a raised or semi-celestial station, the evil ones were "terrestrialized" in a lower station.
 * Sometimes the former were composed into a foregroup while the latter were consigned to the background; at other times the holy people were placed in a raised or semi-celestial station, the evil ones were "terrestrialized" in a lower station.