prelection

A public lecture or reading, especially delivered at a college or university.

Noun

  1. A public lecture or reading, especially delivered at a college or university.
    • ‘I'd like ter put ye in thar,’ replied Cheever, who had stolidly eyed him during this prelection. - 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, page 80:

Origin

From the stem of Latin praelēctiō (“the act of reading aloud to others”), from the perfect participle stem of praelegō (“read something to others”).

Forms

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