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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PRELECTION

n.[L. proelectio.] A lecture or discourse read in public or to a select company.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PRELECTION

Pre *lec "tion, n. Etym: [L. praelectio.]

 

Defn: A lecture or discourse read in public or to a select company. "The prelections of Faber." Sir M. Hale.