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proœmium

proœmium is the obsolete form of proemium.

Meaning of proemium

Noun

proemium (plural proemia or proemiums)

  1. (rhetoric) Synonym of proem.
    • […] That, Whereas your ſpacious Proemiums, and ſpecious Introductions of premis’d Perſpicuity in Prædication, both inveigle our Affections for the Meliorating of our Minds; […]1702, H. D., A Pacquet from Parnassus: or, A Collection of Papers, volume I, number II, London: […] J. How, […], page 13
    Synonyms:
    proem, foretale, prologue

Forms of proœmium

pluralproœmia
pluralproœmiums

Questions about proœmium

What is proœmium the obsolete form of?
Proœmium is the obsolete form of proemium.

Words near proœmium in the dictionary

  1. prozzies
  2. prozzy
  3. proœmia
  4. proœmial
  5. proœmion
  6. proœmium
  7. proœmiums
  8. PRP
  9. PRPP
  10. PrPs
  11. prr

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