| What he finally said, after a long exordium, was that at the earliest opportunity a democratic congress should determine France's political future. |
| Your exordium was so singularly clear, that I did not understand you before. |
| The proprietors have combined the capital and labor hinted at in my exordium. |
| Similarly, in the case of speeches, the exordium is prior in order to the narrative. |
| By the time I had finished this exordium, Melons had disappeared, as I fully expected. |
| Beginning his exordium with high-minded praise of the intellect, he declares that the contemporary world's rightful rulers are the wise and moral. |
