EXORDIUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: exordia   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(rhetoric) the introductory section of an oration or discourse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("exordium" is a kind of...):

introduction (the first section of a communication)

Domain category:

rhetoric (study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking))

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