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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ex·or·di·um /ɛgˈzɔrdiəm/
 緒言,緒論

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ex·or·di·um n.; pl. E. Exordiums L. Exordia   A beginning; an introduction; especially, the introductory part of a discourse or written composition, which prepares the audience for the main subject; the opening part of an oration. “The exordium of repentance.” --Jer. Taylor. “Long prefaces and exordiums. ” --Addison.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 exordium
      n : (rhetoric) the introductory section of an oration or
          discourse
      [also: exordia (pl)]