proem

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After a moment or two, I said, “Well, some died in the war, and, if you read the proem carefully, you’ll recall that others died ‘through their own recklessness.’

From The New Yorker • Apr. 17, 2017

With this bold proem, George R. Barnes, director of BBC's "Third Program,"*launched one of the boldest ventures in the history of broadcasting.

From Time Magazine Archive

Filippo Villani, in the proem to his biographies, apologized for his father Matteo, who exerted humble faculties and scanty culture to his best ability.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington

The sonnet prefixed as a proem to the whole book is generally attributed to Giordano Bruno, in whose Dialogue on the Eroici Furori it occurs.

From Sonnets by Symonds, John Addington

If you choose to publish it, you may, stating why, and with such explanatory proem as you please.

From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 With His Letters and Journals by Moore, Thomas