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tərn noun
1.
a reading desk in a church on which the Bible rests and from which the lessons are read during the church service.
2.
a stand with a slanted top, used to hold a book, speech, manuscript, etc., at the proper height for a reader or speaker.
Origin:
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
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
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| —n | |
| 1. | a reading desk or support in a church |
| 2. | any similar desk or support |
| [C14: from Old French lettrun, from Late Latin lectrum, ultimately from legere to read] | |
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Word Origin & History
lectern
early 14c., lettorne, lettron, from O.Fr. leitrun, from M.L. lectrinum, L.L. lectrum "lectern," from root of L. legere "to read" (see lecture). Half-re-Latinized in 15c.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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lectern
originally a pedestal-based reading desk with a slanted top used for supporting liturgical books-such as Bibles, missals, and breviaries at religious services; later, a stand that supports a speaker's books and notes. In early Christian times, lecterns, then known as ambos, were incorporated into the structure of the sanctuary-one on the north side of the choir for reading the Epistle, the other at the south for reading the Gospel
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Example sentences
Make that: perfect bathroom reading, if your bathroom is so formal as to contain a lectern.
The concierge no longer stares down from behind a lectern but sits in a more relaxed setting at a desk.
Wearing his military uniform, he walked slowly to the lectern and stood behind two microphones, gesturing with a big cigar.
In addition, there are two computer audio and video inputs located at the lectern location.
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