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Proem Pro Uhm Em Noun Introduction Preface Preamble French

A 'proem' is an introduction, preface, or preamble. Its etymology traces back to the Greek 'prooimion', meaning 'before song'.

Un 'proem' es un introduktion, prefasio o preambulo. E lo suo etimolojia es del Grek prooimion, signifika 'antes de kanto'.

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proem /PRO-uhm, -em/
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An introduction, preface, or preamble.

[From Old French proeme, from Latin prooemium, from Greek prooimion, from pro- (before) + oime (song). Earliest documented use: 1410.]

"However, if one carries on reading beyond the proem and carefully examines the main body ..." - Eleni Kechagia; Plutarch Against Colotes; Oxford University Press; 2011.

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