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/ ˈlɛk tərn / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a reading desk in a church on which the Bible rests and from which the lessons are read during the church service.
a stand with a slanted top, used to hold a book, speech, manuscript, etc., at the proper height for a reader or speaker.
Origin of lectern 1275–1325; earlier lectron (e ), late Middle English lectryn <Medieval Latin lēctrīnum, derivative of lēctrum lectern, equivalent to Latin leg (ere ) to read + -trum instrumental suffix; replacing Middle English letroun, lettorne <Middle French letrun <Medieval Latin lēctrum, as above
Words nearby lectern Leclanché cell, Leconte de Lisle, Le Corbusier, Le Creusot, lect, lectern , lectin, lection, lectionary, lector, lectotype
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Example sentences from the Web for lectern In another photo pair, a crowd listens to a speaker at a lectern in a light-filled conference hall.
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“Guantanamo is not necessary to keep us safe,” he said, tapping at the lectern .
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When the court came to order, he approached a lectern and stood at attention.
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Vicki Jackson, a Harvard Law professor, rises to the lectern and begins her remarks.
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He was not projecting outward to a crowd like a professor at a lectern .
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The Lectern takes the familiar form of an eagle, and is of bronze.
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Raised clasps and bosses are only suitable for books that are expected to stand permanently on a lectern .
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Lectern , a stand with a desk for a book from which the service is read in a church.
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The Pulpit is seventeenth-century work, and the lectern is a memorial of Dean Butler (d. 1894).
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The screen, pulpit and lectern are all modern, and also the glass.
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British Dictionary definitions for lectern noun a reading desk or support in a church
any similar desk or support
Word Origin for lectern C14: from Old French lettrun, from Late Latin lectrum, ultimately from legere to read
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Words related to lectern pulpit, rostrum, platform, support, stand, ambo