Question

exordium ‘In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful...’ – the exordium, spoken with hands joined before him like a book, comforted a part of him.

Accepted Answer

n. The beginning or introductory part, esp. of a treatise. Midnight's Children, p. 10

Word	exordium
Definition	n. The beginning or introductory part, esp. of a treatise.
Sentence	‘In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful...’ – the exordium, spoken with hands joined before him like a book, comforted a part of him.
Source	Midnight's Children, p. 10

Exordium N Beginning Introductory Part Esp Treatise God