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prooemium

prooemium is the alternative 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 prooemium

pluralprooemia
pluralprooemiums

Questions about prooemium

What is prooemium the alternative form of?
Prooemium is the alternative form of proemium.

Words near prooemium in the dictionary

  1. Pronzini
  2. Pronzinis
  3. proodont
  4. prooemia
  5. prooemion
  6. prooemium
  7. prooemiums
  8. proof
  9. proof by contradiction
  10. proof by example
  11. proof by exhaustion

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