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

Was it reasonable to have assembled six, ten, or a dozen persons for the purpose of hearing a prelection?

From The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2 by Japp, Alexander H. (Alexander Hay)

So, when Uncle Jaw had finished his prelection, the deacon, after some meditation, came out with, "Railly, they say that your son is going to have the valedictory in college."

From The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

The concluding words of the prelection were like the sound of the organ voluntary at twilight, when the worshippers are dispersing.

From Charles Dickens as a Reader by Kent, Charles Foster

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