prelection
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Prelection — 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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
prelection — index discourse, harangue, peroration Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
prelection — 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 … Wiktionary
prelection — noun see prelect … New Collegiate Dictionary
prelection — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A usually formal oral communication to an audience: address, allocution, declamation, lecture, oration, speech, talk. See WORDS … English dictionary for students
prelection — n. Lecture, discourse, reading … New dictionary of synonyms
prelection — pre·lec·tion … English syllables
prelection — … Useful english dictionary
prelect — 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] * * * … Universalium
Ratio Studiorum — • The educational system of the Jesuits Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Ratio Studiorum Ratio Studiorum † … Catholic encyclopedia
