Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Preraphaelism \Pre*raph"a*el*ism\, Preraphaelitism
\Pre*raph"a*el*i`tism\, n. (Fine Arts)
   The doctrine or practice of a school of modern painters who
   profess to be followers of the painters before Raphael. Its
   adherents advocate careful study from nature, delicacy and
   minuteness of workmanship, and an exalted and delicate
   conception of the subject.