Prosylogism

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Prosylogism \Pro*sy"lo*gism\, n. [Pref. pro- + syllogism.]
     (Logic)
     A syllogism preliminary or logically essential to another
     syllogism; the conclusion of such a syllogism, which becomes
     a premise of the following syllogism.
     [1913 Webster]