EXORDIUM


Meaning of EXORDIUM in English

n. (pl. exordiums or exordia) the beginning or introductory part, esp. of a discourse or treatise. exordial adj. exordially adv.

[ L f. exordiri (as EX-(1), ordiri begin) ]

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