prelection
- a word derived from prelect.
Example Sentences
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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
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
In the afternoon there was a prelection again about the catechism. 27th, Monday.
From Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 by James, Bartlett Burleigh
Lord Carlisle commenced his able and eloquent prelection by deploring the fact, that Pope had sunk in estimation.
From The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 by Gilfillan, George
At Ware he commenced his prelection, In the dullest of clerical drones: And when next I regained recollection We were rumbling o'er Trumpington stones.
From English Satires by Smeaton, William Henry Oliphant
