Re-cĕp'tion, n.

n. [Lat. receptio, from recipere, receptum; Fr. réception, Pr. receptio, Sp. recepcion, It. ricezione.] 1. The act of receiving; admission; as, the reception of food into the stomach; the reception of a letter; the reception of sensation or ideas. All hope is lost Of my reception into grace. Milton.

2. The state of being received.
3. A receiving or manner of receiving for entertainment; entertainment; hence, an occasion or ceremony of receiving guests.
4. Admission, as of an opinion or doctrine.

Philosophers who have quitted the popular doctrines of their countries have fallen into as extravagant opinions as even common reception countenanced. Locke. 5. Recovery. [Obs.] Bacon.