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praelection

praelection is the obsolete form of prelection.

Meaning of prelection

Noun

prelection (plural prelections)

  1. A public lecture or reading, especially delivered at a college or university.
    • ‘I'd like ter put ye in thar,’ replied Cheever, who had stolidly eyed him during this prelection.1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, page 80

Forms of praelection

pluralpraelections

Questions about praelection

What is praelection the obsolete form of?
Praelection is the obsolete form of prelection.

Words near praelection in the dictionary

  1. praegnans constructio
  2. praehallux
  3. praelect
  4. praelected
  5. praelecting
  6. praelection
  7. praelections
  8. praelector
  9. praelectors
  10. praelectorship
  11. praelectorships

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