Exordium

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A beginning; an introduction; especially, the introductory part of a discourse or written composition, which prepares the audience for the main subject; the opening part of an Oration.

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exordium
exordĭum, ii, n. [exordior, I.]. I Prop., the beginning , the warp of a web (rare): non possum t...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
exordium
exōrdium ī, n ex + ordo.—Orig., the warp of a web ; hence, a beginning, commencement, origin : ma...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary