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Definition of Proem
1. n. Preface; introduction; preliminary observations; prelude.
2. v. t. To preface.
Definition of Proem
1. Noun. an introduction, preface or preamble ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Proem
1. an introductory statement [n -S] : PROEMIAL [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Proem
Literary usage of Proem
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Attic Orators from Antiphon to Isaeos by Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1893)
"Lysias adheres strictly to the simple fourfold partition — proem, narrative,
proof, epilogue. Sometimes a narrative, properly so called, may not be needed; ..."
2. Quintilian's Institutes of Oratory: Or, Education of an Orator. In Twelve Books by Quintilian (1892)
"Object of the proem or exordium, 5. How the good will and attention of the judge
may be ... Some make two purposes of a proem, proposition and insinuation; ..."
3. The London Medical and Physical JournalMedicine (1821)
"128 JACOBSEN, Dr. account of a new-discovered Nerve in the Kar proem, v. ...
of the Intestines proem, iii. MINES, Mr. o(Diss, case of Hydrophobia . ..."
4. The Attic Orators from Antiphon to Isaeos by Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1876)
"If we turn from his general plan to his execution of its several parts, Lysias
will be found to shew very different degrees of merit in proem, narrative, ..."
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