prelection

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The concluding words of the prelection were like the sound of the organ voluntary at twilight, when the worshippers are dispersing.

From Charles Dickens as a Reader by Kent, Charles Foster

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

And now, as we have the whole morning before us, Let us go in, if you make no objection, And listen awhile to a learned prelection On Marcus Aurelius Cassioderus.

From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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

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

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