prelection
1Prelection — Pre*lec tion, n. [L. praelectio.] A lecture or discourse read in public or to a select company. The prelections of Faber. Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster] …
2prelection — index discourse, harangue, peroration Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3prelection — noun /pɹɪˈlɛkʃ(ə)n/ A public lecture or reading, especially delivered at a college or university. ‘Id like ter put ye in thar,’ replied Cheever, who had stolidly eyed him during this prelection …
4prelection — noun see prelect …
5prelection — See prelect. * * * …
6prelection — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A usually formal oral communication to an audience: address, allocution, declamation, lecture, oration, speech, talk. See WORDS …
7prelection — n. Lecture, discourse, reading …
8prelection — pre·lec·tion …
9prelection — …
10prelect — prelection /pri lek sheuhn/, n. prelector, n. /pri lekt /, v.i. to lecture or discourse publicly. Also, praelect. [1610 20; < L praelectus, ptp. of praelegere to lecture, equiv. to prae PRE + legere to read aloud; see LECTION] * * * …
