Look up: Exordium

1. exordium
   Latin, meaning: the beginning (especially of a speech).
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2. exordium
   [n] - (rhetoric) the introductory section of an oration or discourse
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3. 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 Engli...
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4. exordium
   noun (rhetoric) the introductory section of an oration or discourse
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5. 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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6. 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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7. Exordium
   (rhetoric) In Western classical rhetoric, the `exordium` was the introductory portion of an oration. The term is Latin and the Greek equivalent was called the Proem or Prooimion. The exordium is one of six parts of a discourse that an orator would develop as part of the r...
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8. Exordium
   (EP) `Exordium` is a 2003 EP album by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever. Another version of this album was released in 2004, with a bonus DVD entitled `Insights`. "The Evil That Men Do" is a cover of the Iron Maiden song, while "One Day I`ll Fly Away" ...
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