EXORDIA

EXORDIUM

exordium

(noun) (rhetoric) the introductory section of an oration or discourse

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

exordia

plural of exordium

Anagrams

• exradio

Source: Wiktionary


EXORDIUM

Ex*or"di*um, n.; pl. E. Exordiums, L. Exordia . Etym: [L. fr. exordiri to begin a web, lay a warp, begin; ex out + ordiri to begin a web, begin; akin to E. order. See Order.]

Definition: 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’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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