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Definition of exordium in English: exordiumnounPlural exordia, Plural exordiums ɪɡˈzɔːdɪəmɛɡˈzɔːdɪəm formal The beginning or introductory part, especially of a discourse or treatise. Example sentencesExamples - First comes an introduction, or exordium, designed to secure a favorable hearing.
- In one case we know that he delivered a speech from a script; otherwise only a few important passages, chiefly the exordium and peroration, were written out in extenso beforehand.
- The Beatitudes should be seen, according to Betz, as an exordium for the entire Sermon.
- What he finally said, after a long exordium, was that at the earliest opportunity a democratic congress should determine France's political future.
- Beginning his exordium with high-minded praise of the intellect, he declares that the contemporary world's rightful rulers are the wise and moral.
Synonyms foreword, preface, preamble, prologue, prelude, front matter, lead-in
Origin Late 16th century: from Latin, from exordiri 'begin', from ex- 'out, from' + ordiri 'begin'. Definition of exordium in US English: exordiumnoun formal The beginning or introductory part, especially of a discourse or treatise. Example sentencesExamples - Beginning his exordium with high-minded praise of the intellect, he declares that the contemporary world's rightful rulers are the wise and moral.
- In one case we know that he delivered a speech from a script; otherwise only a few important passages, chiefly the exordium and peroration, were written out in extenso beforehand.
- First comes an introduction, or exordium, designed to secure a favorable hearing.
- The Beatitudes should be seen, according to Betz, as an exordium for the entire Sermon.
- What he finally said, after a long exordium, was that at the earliest opportunity a democratic congress should determine France's political future.
Synonyms foreword, preface, preamble, prologue, prelude, front matter, lead-in
Origin Late 16th century: from Latin, from exordiri ‘begin’, from ex- ‘out, from’ + ordiri ‘begin’. |