Answer: exordia

AnswerCrossword Clue
EXORDIAPreambles
EXORDIASpeech beginnings
EXORDIAIntroductions; prefaces.
EXORDIAIntroductions of discourses.
EXORDIAIntroductions
exordiathe introductory part of an oration, treatise, etc.
exordiaa beginning or introduction especially to a discourse or composition
exordiathe beginning of anything
exordiaEXORDIUM, a beginning