perlection

English

Etymology

From Latin perlēctiō (“the act of reading through”), from perlegō (“read through”), from per (“through”) + legō (“read”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pəˈlɛkʃən/

Noun

perlection (plural perlections)

  1. the reading through of something.
    • 1923, Edward Powys Mathers, transl., The Thousand Nights and One Night:
      When the perlection of the Koran had been accomplished, the cloth was laid and all manner of meats and necessary things were brought.

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