proheme
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
proheme (plural prohemes)
- 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, […]
Further reading[edit]
- “proheme”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Old French proheme, from Latin prooemium, from Ancient Greek προοίμιον (prooímion).
Noun[edit]
proheme (plural prohemes)
- proem (introduction, preamble)
Descendants[edit]
- English: proem
References[edit]
- “proheme, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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