'Exordium' definitions:
Definition of 'exordium'
From: WordNet
noun
(rhetoric) the introductory section of an oration or discourse
Definition of 'Exordium'
From: GCIDE
- Exordium \Ex*or"di*um\ (-[u^]m), n.; pl. E. Exordiums (-[u^]mz), L. Exordia (-[.a]). [L. fr. exordiri to begin a web, lay a warp, begin; ex out + ordiri to begin a web, begin; akin to E. order. See Order.] 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. "The exordium of repentance." --Jer. Taylor. "Long prefaces and exordiums. " --Addison. [1913 Webster]