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

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

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

From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley

After this exordium, received in such a flattering style, the orator maintained that he was moved by the desire to raise the intellectual tone of Sarrio.

From The Fourth Estate, vol.1 by Palacio Vald?s, Armando

After this exordium follow the numbers, the names of precious stones, articles of merchandise, fruits, wines, &c.

From Schools, School-Books and Schoolmasters by Hazlitt, W. Carew