D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Exordial

/(ĕgz*ôr"dĭ*al)/ · Ex·or·di·al · IPA
01 a. Pertaining to the exordium of a discourse: introductory.
  1. 1.
    Pertaining to the exordium of a discourse: introductory.
    “The exordial paragraph of the second epistle.” I. Taylor.