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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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Etymology of 'Recital'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Recital" Quotes from Famous Books

... life, but which had, unhappily, proved unavailing to avert the calamity. The sorrow of the Nausett Indian seemed excessive; and Tisquantum probably considered it so, for he listened with perfect calmness to his recital, and then merely replied, 'Happily, the youth is safe. Mahneto has succored him, and I go to bring him back ...

— The Pilgrims of New England - A Tale Of The Early American Settlers • Mrs. J. B. Webb

... as to the study of the Veda thus aims only at the apprehension of the aggregate of syllables (constituting the Veda) according to certain rules; it is in this way analogous to the recital ...

— The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja - Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 • Trans. George Thibaut

... because it spoils the story a bit, but he was one of the real tiptoppers who makes hundreds a week, and well, that was the sort of man I reminded her of. If I can do that with a waltz, it stands to reason that with something classic there'd be no holding me. I think I shall give a recital. Tickets 10/6d. No free seats. No emergency exit. It is a great mistake to have an emergency exit at ...

— Happy Days • Alan Alexander Milne

... Iphigenia was a professor in a black frock coat; the orchestra was a piano, giving forth here and there an unexpected modulation. This was his whole force; yet the hall was mute, hearts beat, tears flowed from many eyes, and when the recital ended, enthusiastic shouts arose, as if Iphigenia in person had ...

— Delsarte System of Oratory • Various

... that in the original from which the Pere Du Cerceau borrows or rather imagines this touching recital, there is not a single syllable about the pity of the people, nor their shock at the bloody colours of the tapestry, nor their particular compassion for the unfortunate Stephen Colonna?—in fine, the People are not even mentioned at all. All that is said is, "Some Roman citizens, ...

— Rienzi • Edward Bulwer Lytton

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