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Etymology
From Latin prooemium, from Ancient Greek προοίμιον (prooímion).
Noun
proemium (plural proemia or proemiums)
- Synonym of proem.
1702, H. D., A Pacquet from Parnassus: or, A Collection of Papers, volume I, number II, London: J. How, , page 13:[…] That, Whereas your ſpacious Proemiums, and ſpecious Introductions of premis’d Perſpicuity in Prædication, both inveigle our Affections for the Meliorating of our Minds; […]
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