Exord
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A preface or prefatory passage
"One peculiarity of Bello is his having first broken through the custom of religious invocations at the heads of his cantos, in place of which he substituted poetical exords, or reflections on the events of his narrative, or on circumstances connected with them."
- 2 An execute order: an order to implement a specified plan. US
Example
More examples"One peculiarity of Bello is his having first broken through the custom of religious invocations at the heads of his cantos, in place of which he substituted poetical exords, or reflections on the events of his narrative, or on circumstances connected with them."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Latin exordium.
Etymology 2
Abbreviation of execute order.
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