'Reading of a bill' definitions:

Definition of 'Reading of a bill'

From: GCIDE

Reading \Read"ing\ (r[=e]d"[i^]ng), n.
1. The act of one who reads; perusal; also, printed or written matter to be read. [1913 Webster]
2. Study of books; literary scholarship; as, a man of extensive reading. [1913 Webster]
3. A lecture or prelection; public recital. [1913 Webster]
The Jews had their weekly readings of the law. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
4. The way in which anything reads; force of a word or passage presented by a documentary authority; lection; version. [1913 Webster]
5. Manner of reciting, or acting a part, on the stage; way of rendering. [Cant] [1913 Webster]
6. An observation read from the scale of a graduated instrument; as, the reading of a barometer. [1913 Webster]
Reading of a bill (Legislation), its formal recital, by the proper officer, before the House which is to consider it. [1913 Webster]