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‖ proœmium|prəʊˈiːmɪəm| Also 5 prohemium, 8– proemium, 9 proœmion. [L. proœmium, a. Gr. προοίµιον; see proem.] = proem n.
1456Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 2 Doctour Bonnet Priour of Sallon maid his first intitulacioun and prohemium. 1650R. Gell Serm. 8 Aug. 2 The Proœmium, wherein he calls heaven and earth to witness. 1715M. Davies Athen. Brit. I. 311 As it appears in the very Prœmium of that Decretal it self. 1826Hansard Commons 25 Apr. 590 The whole of the authorities..formed a very dry proemium to the proposal with which it [sc. the bill] terminated. 1857Ld. Campbell Chief Justices III. xlvii. 125 The proœmium and the peroration of his speech. 1868Tennyson Lucretius 70 Forgetful how my rich proœmion makes Thy glory fly along the Italian field. 1933R. Tuve Seasons & Months i. 11 Both analogues and influences may be found for the ‘alma Venus’ of Lucretius' proemium. |