Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RE-CIT-AL, n. [from recite.]

1. Rehearsal; the repetition of the words of another or of a writing; as, the recital of a deed; the recital of testimony. – Encyc.
2. Narration; a telling of the particulars of an adventure or of a series of events. – Addison.
3. Enumeration. – Prior.