exordium


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
exordium /ɪgˈzɔːdɪəm, ɛg-/
noun (pl. exordiums or exordia) formal the beginning or introduction of a discourse or treatise.
– derivatives
exordial adjective.
– origin C16: from L., from exordiri ‘begin’.
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