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noun
An introduction, preface or preamble.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rhetoric
Synonyms: proemium, foretale, prologue, forespeech, foretalk, foreword
Antonyms: none provided
History
Inherited from Middle English proheme, from Old French proheme, from Latin prooemium, from Ancient Greek προοίμιον (prooímion).
