Thesaurus: lecturn
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.]
Related headwords
deskdefinitionreadingdefinitionchanteddefinitionchoirdefinitionchurchesdefinitionhencedefinitionlecterndefinitionlessonsdefinitionletterndefinitionreaddefinitionscripturedefinitionwrittendefinitionlecture roomfamilylecture-demonstrationsfamilylecture-roomsfamilylecturedfamilylecturerfamilylecturersfamilylecturesfamilylectureshipfamilylectureshipsfamilylecturingfamilylectualfamilylecturefamilylecture demonstrationfamilyLecythidaceaeneighborlecythisneighborledneighbor
Definitions
- n. 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.]
- 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.
- A choir desk, or reading desk, in some churches, from which thelections, or Scripture lessons, are chanted or read; hence, a readingdesk. [Written also lectern and lettern]. Fairholt.