reciter

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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

Byrne recalls his mother, a reciter of poetry and old Victorian songs, a lover of language, a dispenser of the Irish folk wisdom known in Gaelic as “Seanfhocail,” a woman consumed by housework and child-rearing.

From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2021

Sunday morning was all silliness with William Walton’s “Façade — an Entertainment,” which Hannigan conducted and acted as a reciter along with other singers, including Morris, each performer competing in outlandish dress.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2019

I sometimes just listen to recitation by a famous Quran reciter, but this also comes with its own questions.

From Slate • Aug. 7, 2017

We may well believe that the professional reciter would, as a rule, be jealous of any attempt to commit to writing the poems which he had received by tradition or had himself composed.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various