proheme

English

Noun

proheme (plural prohemes)

1. Obsolete spelling of proem (“preamble”).
   • 1629 [1619], Paolo Sarpi, translated by Nathaniel Brent, The Historie of the Councel of Trent […]‎^[1], London: Bonham Norton and John Bill, →OCLC, book 1, paragraph 77, page 33:

     In the proheme of the Constitutions the Cardinall said, that to reforme the life & manners of the Clergie being a thing of great moment for the rooting out of the Lutheran heresie, he had ordained these decrees by the counsell of the Princes, and Prelats assembled with him, […]

Further reading

• “proheme”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• proheim, proheime, proim, prochem

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French proheme, from Latin prooemium, from Ancient Greek προοίμιον (prooímion).

Noun

proheme (plural prohemes)

1. proem (introduction, preamble)

Descendants

• English: proem

References

• “proheme, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.