Webster's 1828 Dictionary
LECTURN
n.A reading desk. [Not in use. ]
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
LECTURN
Lec "turn, n. Etym: [LL. lectrinum, fr. lectrum; cf. L. legere,lectum, to read. ]
Defn: 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.
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