exordiumn.
/ᵻɡˈzɔːdɪəm/, /ɛɡˈzɔːdɪəm/, U.S. /ɪɡˈzɔrdiəm/, /ɛɡˈzɔrdiəm/ The beginning of anything; esp. the introductory part of a discourse, treatise, etc.; ‘the proemial part of a composition’ (Johnson).
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > a) preparation(s) > a preliminary action or step
introductionc1386
deductiona1535
induction?1544
preamble1548
flourish1552
preludium1563
primordium1577
preparativec1580
exordium1581
introit1583
foregoinga1586
prologuea1586
preface1589
prelusion1597
proem1598
prolusion1601
introductory1646
preliminary1656
prelimination1667
flourishing1687
little go1842
preluding1858
foreword1888
prelim1891
prelimen1898
run-in1900
opening gambit1911
prolegomenon1926
lead-in1928
pipe-openera1936
lead-up1953
intro1964
society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > parts of a written composition > [noun] > prologue or introduction
forespeechc1000
prologuec1350
proemya1382
preamblec1395
proemc1410
exordyc1430
prolocutory1447
protocolc1450
forespeaking1480
preface1484
prooemiumc1485
preparation1526
introduction1529
induction1533
introducement1536
epistle?1548
prelude1548
proposition1553
foretalk1565
exordium1581
prolegomenons1600
inducement1605
isagoge1652
propylaeum1693
programma1711
foreword1842
foretalking1872
programme1880
pronaos1894
peritext1977
epitext1978
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xiv. sig. Hi Onely they lacke pleasaunt fourme of begynnyng, called in latin Exordium.]
1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 515 Saint Paule..doeth with a godly Exordium touch the arrogancie of the false Apostles.
1594 M. Drayton Ideas Mirrour sig. Dv Some..With flames and lightnings their exordiums paynt.
1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. Pref. 3 I shall consider them joyntly, as in way of Exordium to the rest.
1736 R. West Let. 24 May in T. Gray Corr. (1971) I. 43 My poor little Eclogue..has been condemned..an exordium of about sixteen lines absolutely cut off.
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby iii. 20 With this exordium..Nickleby took a newspaper from his pocket.
1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VII. ii. lvii. 208 Alkibiadês started up forthwith—his impatience breaking loose from the formalities of an exordium.
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