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exordium
noun
[ ɪɡˈzɔːdɪəm ]
• the beginning or introductory part, especially of a discourse or treatise.
Origin:
late 16th century: from Latin, from exordiri ‘begin’, from ex- ‘out, from’ + ordiri ‘begin’.
