exordium

[Lat., from exordior =to fix the weft, to begin a web, hence to begin generally: ex = out, and ordior to begin to weave.] A beginning of anything; specifically, the introductory or proemial part of a composition or discourse; a pref ace. "This whole exordium rises very happily into noble language and sentiment."- Add is on : Spectator , No. 303. *ex-or-găn-Ic, a. [Pref. ex , and Eng. organic (q. v.).] Having ceased to be organic; no longer organic or organized.