tale-hearing
nounUK /ˈteɪlˌhɪərɪŋ/
US /ˈteɪlˌhɪrɪŋ/
The act of listening to a story.
The children gathered by the fire for an evening of tale-hearing.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. A gathering or occasion where stories are told and heard.
The village held a tale-hearing in the square every harvest.
3. The practice of learning history or lore through spoken stories.
In old times, tale-hearing was how people passed down their history.
4. The attentive reception of a narrative, as opposed to telling it.
Her tale-hearing was so eager that the storyteller kept going past midnight.