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PRELECTION

\pɹɪlˈɛkʃən], \pɹɪlˈɛkʃən], \p_ɹ_ɪ_l_ˈɛ_k_ʃ_ə_n]\

Definitions of PRELECTION

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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A public reading.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

n. [Latin] A lecture or discourse read in public or to a select company.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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