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Discourse opening
Answer for the clue "Discourse opening ", 8 letters:
exordium
Word definitions for exordium in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A beginning 2 The introduction to a paper or discourse.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Exordium \Ex*or"di*um\ (-[u^]m), n.; pl. E. Exordiums (-[u^]mz), L. Exordia (-[.a]). [L. fr. exordiri to begin a web, lay a warp, begin; ex out + ordiri to begin a web, begin; akin to E. order. See Order .] A beginning; an introduction; especially, the ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Exordium may refer to: Exordium (rhetoric) , the introductory section of a discourse in Western classical rhetoric; e.g., the 1st 4 verses of Hebrews in the Bible In law, an exordium clause is the first paragraph or sentence in a (last) will and testament ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. (rhetoric) the introductory section of an oration or discourse [also: exordia (pl)]
Usage examples of exordium.
I lost no time in exordiums, but came to the point at once, by saying that as a lover of paintings I had been grieved at finding the magnificent Madonna spoilt.
By authority of the Exordium of the Imperial Code, I now invoke the Master Dominion Pandect for Martial Crisis.
I lost no time in exordiums, but came to the point at once, by saying that as a lover of paintings I had been grieved at finding the magnificent Madonna spoilt.
With tremendous exordium of brass, the tenor and baritone go at it with a will, showing off the power of their voices, following each other in canonic imitation, singing together in thirds and sixths, and finishing with a lurid unison, quite in the manner of Ruy Gomez and Ernani, or Othello and Iago.