exordium
exor·dium
noun
1.
(rhetoric) the introductory section of an oration or discourse
Origin
Borrowed from Latin exordium (“beginning, commencement”), from exōrdior (“to begin, commence”), from ex (“out of, from”) + ōrdior (“to begin”).
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