Exord
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Exord is a noun meaning (literature, rhetoric) A preface or prefatory passage.
Meaning
(literature, rhetoric) A preface or prefatory passage.
Example Sentences
One peculiarity of Bello is his having first broken through the custom of religious invocations at the heads of his cantos, in place of which he substituted poetical exords, or reflections on the events of his narrative, or on circumstances connected with them.
Word Forms
- exords
Synonyms for exord
Depending on context, synonyms include preface, proem, exordium.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ordinance, effect, express, exequatur, dictate, exsequatur.
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