proheme
English
Noun
proheme (plural prohemes)
- Obsolete spelling of proem (“preamble”)
- 1629 [1619], Paolo Sarpi, Nathaniel Brent, transl., The Historie of the Councel of Trent […], London: Bonham Norton and John Bill, OCLC 230679140, 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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Further reading
- proheme in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Middle English
Alternative forms
- proheim, proheime, proim, prochem
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French proheme, from Latin prooemium, from Ancient Greek προοίμιον (prooímion).
Noun
proheme (plural prohemes)
- proem (introduction, preamble)
Descendants
- English: proem
References
- “proheme, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.