Exordium
WordNet
noun
(1) (rhetoric) the introductory section of an oration or discourse
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From , from , from + .
Noun
- a beginning
- the introduction to a paper or discourse
- 1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked
- This is a feeble article of faith to begin with, but it helps to push my pen through this exordium and what now follows.
- 1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked