Look up: Exordium

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   exordium
   Latin, meaning: the beginning (especially of a speech).
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   exordium
   [n] - (rhetoric) the introductory section of an oration or discourse
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   Exordium
   Ex·or'di·um (-ŭm) noun ; plural English Exordiums (-ŭmz), Latin Exordia (-ȧ). [ Latin from exordiri to begin a web, lay a warp, begin; ex out + ordiri to begin a web, begin; akin to English order . See Order .] A beginning; an introduction; especially, the introductory part of a discourse or written composition, which pre ...
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   exordium
   noun (rhetoric) the introductory section of an oration or discourse
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   Exordium
   `Exordium` can mean several things: * Exordium (rhetoric), in Western classical rhetoric is the introductory section of a discourse. * Surat Al-Fatiha (`The Opening` or `The Exordium`), the opening chapter of the Qur'an. * The Mass for the Feast of the Sacred Heart. * Technology in Revelation Space#Exordium, a fictional experiment involving time travel from the Revelation Space series * Exordium (EP) - An EP by Dutch symphonic metal band After F...
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   Exordium
   • (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.
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   exordium
   in literature, the beginning or introduction, especially the introductory part of a discourse or composition. The term originally referred ... [1 related articles]
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