Dictionary Definition
exordium n : (rhetoric) the introductory section
of an oration or discourse [also: exordia (pl)]
User Contributed Dictionary
Pronunciation
IPA: /ɛg'zɔ:dɪəm/Noun
- a beginning
- the introduction to a paper or
discourse
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- 1985: This is a feeble article of faith to begin with, but it helps to push my pen through this exordium and what now follows. — Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked
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Translations
beggining
exórdio
introduction to a paper or discourse
exórdio
Extensive Definition
Exordium can mean several things:
- Exordium (rhetoric), in Western classical rhetoric is the introductory section of a discourse.
- Surat Al-Fatiha ("The Opening" or "The Exordium"), the opening chapter of the Qur'an.
- The Mass for the Feast of the Sacred Heart.
- Technology in Revelation Space#Exordium, a fictional experiment involving time travel from the Revelation Space series
- Exordium (EP) - An EP by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever.
- The Exordium, the series of books written by Mehdi Zand
- Exordium series, the science fiction book series written by Sherwood Smith and Dave Trowbridge
- The title of an orchestral work written by Daniel James Colson
exordium in German: Exordium
exordium in Norwegian:
Exordium