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exordium

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  1. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. (rhetoric) the introductory section of an oration or discourse Source: wordnet
  3. 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. Source: webster
  4. 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. Source: adambom
  5. 5. n. (rhetoric) the introductory section of an oration or discourse Source: ecdict

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