different between lection vs lectern

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

English

Etymology

15th century partial re-Latinization of early 14th century Middle English lettorne, lettron, from Old French leitrun, from Medieval Latin lectrinum, from Late Latin lectrum, from lectus (from whence also lecture), form of Latin leg? (“I read”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?kt?(?)n

Noun

lectern (plural lecterns)

1. A stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service.
2. A similar stand to support a lecturer's notes.

Usage notes

While podium is a more commonly used synonym, particularly for secular lecturing, some reject this usage and instead insist on lectern – see usage notes at podium.

Synonyms

• podium

Related terms

• lection
• lecture
• lector
• lesson

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