proemium
English
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editEtymology
editFrom Latin prooemium, from Ancient Greek προοίμιον (prooímion).
Noun
editproemium (plural proemia or proemiums)
- A preface or introduction; a 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; […]
Synonyms
edit- foretale, prologue; see also Thesaurus:foreword