recitementn.
/rᵻˈsʌɪtm(ə)nt/, U.S. /rəˈsaɪtm(ə)nt/, /riˈsaɪtm(ə)nt/ Recital, recitation; an instance of this.
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the mind > language > speech > narration > [noun] > a narrative or account
talec1200
historyc1230
sawc1320
tellinga1325
treatisec1374
chroniclec1380
process?1387
legendc1390
prosec1390
pistlec1395
treatc1400
relationc1425
rehearsal?a1439
report?a1439
narrationc1449
recorda1450
count1477
redec1480
story1489
recount1490
deductiona1532
repetition1533
narrative1539
discourse1546
account1561
recital1561
enarrative1575
legendary1577
enarration1592
recite1594
repeat1609
texture1611
recitation1614
rendera1616
prospect1625
recitement1646
tell1743
diegesis1829
récit1915
narrative line1953
society > law > legal document > [noun] > paragraph or clause > recital
recital1512
rehearsal1628
recitement1766
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 75 These conceits are of that monstrosity that they refute themselves in their recitements . View more context for this quotation
1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica iii. iii. 463 I delight not in the Raven-Notes that do befal Recitements at large of those Subjects.
1766 J. Entick New Hist. London I. 350 The laws, recitements, and statutes of holy King Edward.
1835 J. Harris Great Teacher (1837) i. 83 The loftiest models of public instruction with which they were acquainted, consisted in the heartless recitement of frivolous opinions.
1886 Catholic World Oct. 36 The parry of harsh words with poor Lady Ophelia..affords another recitement for the ‘madman’ view.
1912 Mind 21 44 Can we forget..the voluble recitements of Teresa?
2003 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 20 Apr. a14 They..sought reconciliation..through the painful and necessary recitement of the truth of their oppression face-to-face with their former captors.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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