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Definition of Exordial
1. a. Pertaining to the exordium of a discourse: introductory.
Definition of Exordial
1. Adjective. of or relating to an exordium, beginning or introduction ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Exordial
1. exordium [adj] - See also: exordium
Medical Definition of Exordial
1. Pertaining to the exordium of a discourse: introductory. "The exordial paragraph of the second epistle." (I. Taylor) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Exordial
Literary usage of Exordial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gold-foil: Hammered from Popular Proverbs by Josiah Gilbert Holland (1863)
"AN exordial ESSAY. 11 Cold broth hot again, that loved I never ; Old love renewed
again, that loved I ever." M Get thy spindle and thy distaff ready, ..."
2. The Works of Thomas Reid, D.D.: Now Fully Collected, with Selections from by Thomas Reid, William Hamilton, Dugald Stewart (1863)
"... and, last of all, the Lyre. For we may suppose, that the person was struck
with the lyre and not with a slick. In saying, that ' the exordial ..."
3. Specimens of the Classic Poets: In a Chronological Series from Homer to by Charles Abraham Elton (1814)
"exordial INVOCATION. KIND being! mother of the line of Troy! Venus! of Gods and
men voluptuous joy ! Who wide beneath the stars, that gliding trace The ..."
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