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Definition of: exordium
(ig·zôr′dē·əm, ik·sôr′-) noun plural ·di·ums or ·di·a (-dē·ə)
The introductory part, as of a discourse; a prelude. [<L <exordiri <ex- out + ordiri begin]
—ex·or′di·al adjective
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