exordium

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Their invitation Dr. Fosdick expressed in a great exordium: The great east window of Chicago's Fourth Presbyterian Church has long needed proper furbishing in stained glass.

From Time Magazine Archive

I trembled violently at his exordium, and my father continued—

From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley

The purpose of the exordium is to put the audience into a receptive and attentive frame of mind.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

His countenance was careworn, and when he commenced his exordium, his voice was slightly cracked and tremulous.

From Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable by Faris, John T. (John Thomson)

This exordium will serve as a specimen of the “sarment,” as it continued in the same strain to the end of the peroration.

From The Iron Furnace Slavery and Secession by Aughey, John H.