Exordium

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A beginning or introductory part, especially of a speech or treatise.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A beginning
  • n. The introduction to a paper or discourse.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A beginning; an introduction; especially, the introductory part of a discourse or written composition, which prepares the audience for the main subject; the opening part of an oration.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The beginning of anything; specifically, the introductory part of a discourse, intended to prepare the audience for the main subject; the preface or proemial part of a composition.
  • n. Synonyms Proem; Prelude, Preface, etc. See introduction.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. (rhetoric) the introductory section of an oration or discourse
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    beginning    introduction    proem    preface   
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