Definition of lectern

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lec·tern    (lktrn) KEY  

NOUN:

1. A reading desk with a slanted top holding the books from which scriptural passages are read during a church service.
2. A stand that serves as a support for the notes or books of a speaker.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English lettorne, lectorn, from Old French lettrun, from Medieval Latin lctrnum, from Late Latin lctrum, from Latin lctus, past participle of legere, to read; see leg- in Indo-European roots

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