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exordia

exordia is the plural of exordium.

Meaning of exordium

Noun

exordium (plural exordiums or exordia)

  1. (formal) A beginning.
  2. The introduction to an essay or discourse.
    • Cicero thinks, in discourses of philosophy, the exordium to be the hardest part: if it be so, I wisely lay hold on the conclusion.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 17, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

Questions about exordia

What is exordia the plural of?
Exordia is the plural of exordium.

Words near exordia in the dictionary

  1. exorcizer
  2. exorcizers
  3. exorcizes
  4. exorcizing
  5. exord
  6. exordia
  7. exordial
  8. exordium
  9. exordiums
  10. exords
  11. exoreic

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