1) Ambo 2) Desk 3) Podium 4) Readingdesk 5) Stand
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1) Auditorium feature 2) Bible holder 3) Choir desk 4) Church reading desk 5) French word used in English 6) Place for a reader 7) Place for sermon notes 8) Place for speaking notes 9) Platform desk 10) Prop for a prof 11) Pulpit 12) Reading desk 13) Reading desk in a church 14) Reading stand 15) Site of many addresses
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The place from which the Scriptures are proclaimed. Avoid: ?pulpit.?
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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 some other form of support, on which documents or books are placed as support for reading aloud, as in a scripture reading, lecture, or sermon. To facilitate eye-contact and improve posture when f.....
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desk or stand from which church lessons are read
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• (n.) See Lecturn.
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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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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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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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A desk from which readings are given. Often take the form of a brass eagle.
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A desk from which readings are given. Often take the form of a brass eagle.
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Lec'tern noun See
Lecturn .
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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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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 meaning 'to read', because the lectern primarily fun...
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n] - desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer
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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: from lettorne, lettron, from Old French leitrun, from...
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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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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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one of the places in the chancel where speakers stand, the lectern is often a bit less grand than the other (the pulpit) and it is traditionally on the right from the congregation’s perspective.
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