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noun

Recital n.

The act of reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of a document; rehearsal; as, the recital of testimony.

A telling in detail and due order of the particulars of anything, as of a law, an adventure, or a series of events; narration.

That which is recited; a story; a narration.

(Mus.) A vocal or instrumental performance by one person; distinguished from concert; as, a song recital; an organ, piano, or violin recital.

(Law) The formal statement, or setting forth, of some matter of fact in any deed or writing in order to explain the reasons on which the transaction is founded; the statement of matter in pleading introductory to some positive allegation.

Synonyms: Account; rehearsal; recitation; narration; description; explanation; enumeration; detail; narrative. See Account.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Recital" Quotes from Famous Books

... it was arranged that the fagots should be lighted at the moment the king approached, and that the procession should halt to witness the execution."(341) The details of the tortures endured by these witnesses for Christ are too harrowing for recital; but there was no wavering on the part of the victims. On being urged to recant, one answered: "I only believe in what the prophets and the apostles formerly preached, and what all the company of saints believed. My faith has a confidence ...

— The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan • Ellen G. White

... recital, a cold perspiration covered the narrator's countenance. His two listeners shuddered ...

— Wood Rangers - The Trappers of Sonora • Mayne Reid

... a good one, for Hyde laughed at the recital with a noisy merriment very unusual to him. The champ and gallop of the horses, and Clymer's vociferous enjoyment of his own wit, blended with it; and for a moment or two Hyde was under a physical exhilaration as intoxicating ...

— The Maid of Maiden Lane • Amelia E. Barr

... arrived at the Lakeview Hotel in Sandport that evening and found his father and Ned very glad to see him. Of course he had to explain everything then, and, with his son safely in his sight, Mr. Swift was not so nervous over the recital as he would have been ...

— Tom Swift and his Motor-boat - or, The Rivals of Lake Carlopa • Victor Appleton

... The recital of this despatch threw the Parthian monarch into extreme perplexity. He did not believe that the proposals made to him were serious, or intended to have an honorable issue. The project broached appeared to him altogether extravagant, and such as no one in his ...

— The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia • George Rawlinson

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