Definition of Exordeum
Ex*or"di*um (-ŭm), n.;
pl. E. Exordiums (-ŭmz), L.
Exordia (-&adot;). [L. fr. exordiri to begin
a web, lay a warp, begin; ex out + ordiri to begin a
web, begin; akin to E. order. See Order.] 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
exordium of repentance." Jer. Taylor. "Long prefaces
and exordiums. " Addison.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a beginning
- the introduction to a paper or discourse
*1985: This is a feeble article of faith to begin with, but it helps to push my pen through this exordium and what now follows. — Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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