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Recital   /rəsˈaɪtəl/   Listen
Recital

noun
1.
The act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events.  Synonyms: narration, yarn.
2.
Performance of music or dance especially by soloists.
3.
A public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance.  Synonyms: reading, recitation.
4.
A detailed statement giving facts and figures.
5.
A detailed account or description of something.



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"Recital" Quotes from Famous Books



... answered Coursegol, at once recounting the events with which the reader is already familiar. When the recital was ended, Bridoul ...
— Which? - or, Between Two Women • Ernest Daudet

... up and down the poop with quick steps. The doctor, on the deck, looked round, and saw himself surrounded by almost the whole crew. He saw how powerful a recital would be in such a situation, and he continued the conversation begun with Johnson ...
— The English at the North Pole - Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras • Jules Verne

... this recital with horror. At the same instant, her mother entered, and, on her knees, besought her daughter to avert her eternal damnation. Madame d'Egmont tried to calm her own and her mother's mind. 'What can I do?' said she, to her. 'Consecrate yourself wholly to ...
— The Secret Memoirs of Louis XV./XVI, Complete • Madame du Hausset, an "Unknown English Girl" and the Princess Lamballe

... Joe had finished his recital, my "dander was up." "Joe," said I, "will you give me an affidavit of these facts, with the statement of Mr. Haynes to the Lieutenant?" He told me that he would be pleased to do so. We went to the Stage Company's office where Dan Hayden, a Notary Public in and for Pueblo, Colorado, ...
— The Second William Penn - A true account of incidents that happened along the - old Santa Fe Trail • William H. Ryus

... to this arrangement, as he thought it would be better to have a few hours to carefully consider the matter, and to talk it over with his wife. In fact, he had been so much wrought upon by the sad recital, as to entirely unfit him for a calm and judicious consideration of the business in hand. So, making an appointment for the next day at 9 a.m., he saw Ashton to the door, and ...
— From Wealth to Poverty • Austin Potter


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