exordium
noun
the beginning of anything.
exordiums
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pluralof exordium.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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I have a tale to tell," began the Secretary, "and there are preliminaries and exordiums, but first of all there is a question.
From Before the Dawn A Story of the Fall of Richmond by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
The period is proper for the exordiums of greater causes, where the matter requires solicitude, commendation, pity.
From The Training of a Public Speaker by Grenville Kleiser
Of all Eleanor's exordiums it is the one I most dread.
From Crucial Instances by Edith Wharton
The defence has already been made by an illustrious hand for Fielding's inter-chapters and exordiums.
From Joseph Andrews Vol 1 by Henry Fielding
"I will say no more if you talk of exordiums and anti-climaxes," cried he.
From Tales and Novels — Volume 10 by Maria Edgeworth
