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lection

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French lection, from Latin l?cti?nem, form of l?cti?, from leg? (“I read, I gather”). Doublet of lesson.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?l?k??n/

Noun

lection (countable and uncountable, plural lections)

  1. (obsolete) The act of reading.
  2. (ecclesiastical) A reading of a religious text; a lesson to be read in church etc.
    • 1885, Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Night 13:
      This man […] came to dwell in our city, and here founded this holy house, and he hath edified us by his litanies and his lections of the Koran.

Synonyms

  • (a religious reading): lesson

Related terms

  • lectern
  • lecture
  • lector
  • lesson

Interlingua

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lek?tsjon/

Noun

lection (plural lectiones)

  1. lesson

Old French

Alternative forms

  • leccion
  • lectiun

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lectio, lectionem. See also leçon.

Noun

lection f (oblique plural lections, nominative singular lection, nominative plural lections)

  1. election; choice
  2. reading (act, process of reading)

Descendants

  • ? English: lection

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flection

English

Etymology

An alteration of flexion, from Latin.

Noun

flection (countable and uncountable, plural flections)

  1. Alternative spelling of flexion

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