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proheme

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Noun

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proheme (plural prohemes)

  1. Obsolete spelling of proem (preamble).
    • 1629 [1619], Paolo Sarpi, translated by Nathaniel Brent, The Historie of the Councel of Trent [][1], London: Bonham Norton and John Bill, →OCLC, book 1, paragraph 77, page 33:
      In the proheme of the Constitutions the Cardinall said, that to reforme the life & manners of the Clergie being a thing of great moment for the rooting out of the Lutheran heresie, he had ordained these decrees by the counsell of the Princes, and Prelats assembled with him, []

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French proheme, from Latin prooemium, from Ancient Greek προοίμιον (prooímion).

Noun

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proheme (plural prohemes)

  1. proem (introduction, preamble)

Descendants

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  • English: proem

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