prelection

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And now, as we have the whole morning before us Let us go in, if you make no objection, And listen awhile to a learned prelection On Marcus Aurelius Cassiodorus.

From The Golden Legend by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

When tired of his lecture, they either began to yawn, or open their mouths in imitation of that act, and the prelection was interrupted.

From The Book of Three Hundred Anecdotes Historical, Literary, and Humorous—A New Selection by Various

In the afternoon there was a prelection again about the catechism. 27th, Monday.

From Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 by James, Bartlett Burleigh

His reception of my recitation, or prelection, was rather singular.

From The Lady of the Lake by Scott, Walter, Sir

But our guide has finished his prelection here, and is striding off in the plenitude of his wisdom.

From Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 by Stowe, Harriet Beecher