Proemium

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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; […]"

Example

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"[…] That, Whereas your ſpacious Proemiums, and ſpecious Introductions of premis’d Perſpicuity in Prædication, both inveigle our Affections for the Meliorating of our Minds; […]"

Etymology

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

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