Exordium may refer to:
* ''Exordium'', a science fiction book series written by
Sherwood Smith
Sherwood Smith (born May 29, 1951) is an American fantasy and science fiction writer for young adults and adults. Smith is a Nebula Award finalist and a longtime writing group organizer and participant.
Smith's works include the YA novel '' ...
and Dave Trowbridge
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''Exordium'' (EP), by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever.
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Exordium (rhetoric)
is the system used for the organization of arguments in the context of Western classical rhetoric. The word is Latin, and can be translated as "organization" or "arrangement".
It is the second of five canons of classical rhetoric (the first be ...
, the introductory section of a discourse in Western classical rhetoric
* Exordium clause, the first paragraph or sentence in a (last)
will and testament
A will and testament is a legal document that expresses a person's (testator) wishes as to how their property (estate (law), estate) is to be distributed after their death and as to which person (executor) is to manage the property until its fi ...
* "Exordium: The Beginning Of a Web", opening section of ''
Delusion of the Fury'' by Harry Partch
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