prelection

• prælection (obsolete)

From the stem of Latin praelēctiō (“the act of reading aloud to others”), from the perfect participle stem of praelegō (“read something to others”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɹɪˈlɛkʃ(ə)n/

prelection (plural prelections)

1. A public lecture or reading, especially delivered at a college or university.
   • 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, page 80:

     ‘I'd like ter put ye in thar,’ replied Cheever, who had stolidly eyed him during this prelection.

• perlection