Look up: lectern

1. Lectern
   a reading desk, often in the shape of an eagle, made to hold the Bible during services. Usually made of brass.
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2. lectern
   [n] - desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer
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3. lectern
   In a Christian place of worship, the stand from which a Bible reading takes place. It is often carved in the form of an eagle with outstretched wings, symbolizing the Christian belief that the Bible...
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4. lectern
   Reading stand with slanted top.Can be a tabletop lectern or one which stands on the floor. Category: General
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5. Lectern
   In churches with a traditional floor plan there are often two speaker's stands in the front of the sanctuary of the church: one is called the pulpit and the other is called the lectern. The one on the right (as viewed by the congregation) is the lectern. The word lectern comes from the Latin word me...
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6. Lectern
   A desk from which readings are given. Often take the form of a brass eagle.
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7. Lectern
   A stand upon which the Bible is placed for reading in a service of worship. The word lectern derives from the Latin word legere which means 'to read.'
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8. Lectern
   Lec'tern noun See Lecturn .
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9. lectern
   reading desk noun desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer
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10. lectern
    • (n.) See Lecturn.
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11. lectern
    originally a pedestal-based reading desk with a slanted top used for supporting liturgical books—such as Bibles, missals, and breviaries at religious ... [2 related articles]
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12. lectern
    lectern 1. A tall slender table with a slanted top on which an open book can rest, used in churches and temples for reading scriptures to the congregation. 2. A stand with a slanted top on which a book or lecture notes can be read and be in position in front of a standing speaker. 3. Etymology: fro...
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13. lectern
    A stand that serves as a support for the notes or books of a speaker....
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14. Lectern
    A lectern is a reading stand, used in churches for reading the lections or lessons from, and for supporting the massive service books from which the antiphones were sung, and also used in libraries. They were generally portable, of wood or brass, the commonest form being that of an eagle with outspread wings upon which the book was rested.
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15. lectern
    In a Christian place of worship, the stand from which a Bible reading takes place. It is often carved in the form of an eagle with outstretched wings, symbolizing the Christian belief that the Bible message should be spread throughout the world
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16. Lectern
    A `lectern` (from the Latin lectus, past participle of legere, "to read") is a reading desk with a slanted top, usually placed on a stand or affixed to a some other form of support, on which documents or books are placed as support for reading aloud, as in a scripture reading...
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