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lectern |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: lectern \lec"tern\, n. See {Lecturn}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lecturn \Lec"turn\ (l[e^]k"t[u^]rn), n. [LL. lectrinum fr lectrum; cf L. legere lectum, to read.] A choir desk, or reading desk, in some churches, from which the lections, or Scripture lessons, are chanted or read; hence a reading desk. [Written also {lectern} and {lettern}.] --Fairholt. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: lectern n : a desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer [syn: {reading desk}]
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