proemium

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Etymology

From Latin prooemium, from Ancient Greek προοίμιον (prooímion).

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proemium (plural proemia or proemiums)

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

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