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pro·em

 (prō′ĕm′)
n.
An introduction; a preface.
[Middle English proheme, from Old French, from Latin prooemium, from Greek prooimion : pro-, before; see pro-2 + oimē, song.]
pro·e′mi·al (prō-ē′mē-əl, -ĕm′ē-) adj.
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El argumento, como se advierte en su proemial estado de la cuestion ("Lecturas"), surge en parte en reaccion a una tradicion interpretativa que ha enfatizado siempre la seriedad de un ethos cultural y religioso contrarreformista y una estetica de raigambre aristotelica.
Isabel Lozano-Renieblas. Cervantes y los retos del Persiles
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Filemazio's words: Francesco Guccini and prophetic resistance

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