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recitation

act of reciting from memory, or a formal reading of verse or other writing before an audience
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recitation

Summary

recitation ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (145 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • recitation is a type of speech[2].
  • recitation's Commons category is recorded as Recitations in Latin[3].
  • recitation's said to be the same as is recorded as declamation[4].
  • recitation's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Recitations in Latin[5].
  • recitation's practiced by is recorded as reciter[6].

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Definition and Type

recitation is a type of speech[2].

Why It Matters

recitation ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (145 views/month).[1] recitation has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] recitation is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

Related Entities

speech

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → speech
    Practiced by → reciter
    Said to be the same as → declamation
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 11551, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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