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

Students of religious mystic thought can scarce do better than turn to such a tale by way of proem to more elaborate research.

From Dreams and Dream Stories by Kingsford, Anna Bonus

John is regarded as the writer of the proem to the fourth Gospel, also of three brief epistles.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville

But men of real learning also attacked me: Rondeletius, and Julius Scaliger; and Fuchsius, in the proem of his book, says that my work Medicinæ Contradictiones should be avoided like deadly poison.

From Jerome Cardan A Biographical Study by Waters, W. G. (William George)