Bible Dictionaries
Recitation

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The act of reciting; rehearsal; repetition of words or sentences.

(2):

(n.) The rehearsal of a lesson by pupils before their instructor.

(3):

(n.) The delivery before an audience of something committed to memory, especially as an elocutionary exhibition; also, that which is so delivered.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Recitation'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/recitation.html. 1828.