Definitionn. (rhetoric) the introductory section of an oration or discourse
Last update: August 16, 2015
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Maury describes all the divisions of which a good sermon should consist - an exordium, a proposition, a section, a confirmation in two or more points, a peroration; and he holds that a sermon on morals should have but two points, while one on the Passion must have three. [Please select]
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The exordium was abrupt. [Please select]
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This was, by way of exordium, the powerful skirmish line of the address. [Please select]
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Similarly, in the case of speeches, the exordium is prior in order to the narrative. [Please select]
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They seemed to be personal words, in despite of his exordium, and V. [Please select]
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The knot of European spectators round the flag listened with yawns to the stout General's exordium. [Please select]
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I grow impatient at the length of your exordium. [Please select]
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