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prelection

NOUN

speech

Synonyms

WEAK

address allocution appeal bombast chalk talk commentary debate declamation diatribe discourse disquisition dissertation eulogy exhortation harangue homily invocation keynote lecture opus oration oratory panegyric paper parlance parley pep talk pitch recitation rhetoric salutation sermon spiel stump talk tirade valedictory

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His reception of my recitation, or prelection, was rather singular.

From The Lady of the Lake by Scott, Walter, Sir

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

But our guide has finished his prelection here, and is striding off in the plenitude of his wisdom.

From Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

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

"Well, treatise, then," said I, "or discourse, or essay, or prelection; I'm not particular as to words."

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 by Various

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