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lec⋅tion

  [lek-shuhn]
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–noun
1. a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
2. a portion of sacred writing read in a divine service; lesson; pericope.
Origin:
1530–40; < L lēctiōn- (s. of lēctiō) a reading, equiv. to lēct(us) (ptp. of legere to choose, gather, read; c. Gk légein to speak) + -iōn- -ion
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lec·tion   (lěk'shən)   
n.  

  1. A variant reading or transcription of a text or copy.

  2. A reading from Scripture that forms a part of a church service.


[Latin lēctiō, lēctiōn-, a reading; see lesson.]
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