exordiums

variants or exordia
plural of exordium
as in prefaces
a short section (as of a book) that leads to or explains the main part in his exordium the author warns his readers that they should expect a radically different interpretation of the causes of the war

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“Exordiums.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exordiums. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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