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Lectern   /lˈɛktərn/   Listen
Lectern

noun
(Written also lecturn and lettern)
1.
Desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer.  Synonym: reading desk.






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"Lectern" Quotes from Famous Books



... lordly person with a "presence" and the air of a high dignitary, met them as they stepped into the choir, and wanted to put them into stalls; but Rosamund begged for seats in a pew just beyond the lectern, facing the doorway by which the procession ...
— In the Wilderness • Robert Hichens

... nicely situated Gothic structure, sliding roofs. No ground-rent. Pulpit, Font, Lectern, Organ, Parson, Choir Boys, Bells; fully seated; ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 156, April 9, 1919 • Various

... them of their music. So, on the morning of the great day of all, after the early service, the dean, the precentor, and the organist, having doffed their surplices, returned to the choir, and stood for some time beside the brazen lectern, discussing the subject. ...
— The Heavenly Twins • Madame Sarah Grand

... the holy edifice reached fever-heat when a most unwonted worshipper appeared in the venerable shape of Mr. Lezzard. He was supported by his married daughter and his grandson. They sought and found a very prominent position under the lectern, and it was immediately apparent that no mere conventional attendance for the purpose of praising their Maker had drawn Mr. Lezzard and his relations. Indeed he had long been of the Baptist party, though it derived but little lustre from him. Much whispering ...
— Children of the Mist • Eden Phillpotts

... nodded, gazing at her reflectively from the little lectern on which he leaned. His composed smile indicated that he was not in the least surprised or disturbed by her report on the results of the week's experiments—that they were, in fact, precisely the results he had expected. "I'll speak to you about it later, ...
— Ham Sandwich • James H. Schmitz


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