Incipit

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The beginning or opening words of the text of a medieval manuscript or early printed book.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The first few words of a text, especially its first line.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • ‘(Here) beginneth’: the first word in a preliminary formula common in medieval manuscripts and early printed books, introducing the title or name of the work or of the preface or other part of it: as, “Incipit preambulum”; “Incipit prologus in libellum qui dicitur Promptorius Parvulorum,” etc. Compare explicit, verb
  • n. The introductory words of a book or section of a book. Compare explicit, n.
  • Word Usage
    ""Christian wisdom," which already emerged from the first reading and the Gospel, offers us the synthesis of this position of Leo XIII -- it is not by chance that it is also the "incipit" of one of his encyclicals."
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