perlection

English

Etymology

From Latin perlēctiō (“the act of reading through”), from perlegō (“read through”), from per (“through”) + legō (“read”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈlɛkʃən/

Noun

perlection (plural perlections)

1. the reading through of something.
   • 1923, Edward Powys Mathers, transl., The Thousand Nights and One Night:

     When the perlection of the Koran had been accomplished, the cloth was laid and all manner of meats and necessary things were brought.

Anagrams

• prelection