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lec·tern (lek′tərn)

noun

  1. a reading desk in a church, esp. such a desk from which a part of the Scriptures is read in a church service
  2. a stand for holding the notes, written speech, etc., as of a lecturer

Etymology: ME lectorne, altered (infl. by L forms) < earlier lettrun < OFr < ML lectrum < L lectus, pp. of legere, to read: see logic

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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