recite
verb (used with object)
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner.
reciter
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a word derived from
recite.
Example Sentences
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It began with Childs, who was dancer, choreographer and reciter in Glass’ “Einstein on the Beach,” sharing excerpts from that seminal Glass/Wilson music theater masterpiece.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
Most Muslims follow a tradition of having a reciter read the entire Koran to the community during Ramadan, one part per night.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2021
That Joe Biden — institutionalist 70-something, incorrigible square, inexhaustible reciter of Irish poetry.
From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2020
Perhaps this is to make it easier in choosing your favorite reciter, because it’s probably easier to spot a face instead of a name.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2017
The reciter was called a rhapsodist—properly one who weaves a long, smoothly-flowing chant, then an epic poet who chants his own or another’s poem.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various
