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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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  1. 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.
  2. n. (rhetoric) the introductory section of an oration or discourse
  3. 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.
  4. A beginning; an introduction; especially, the introductory partof a discourse or written composition, which prepares the audiencefor the main subject; the opening part of an oration. "The exordiumof repentance." Jer. Taylor. "Long prefaces and exordiums. " Addison.
  5. n. (rhetoric) the introductory section of an oration or discourse