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Definition of Lectern
1. Noun. Desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer.
Definition of Lectern
1. n. See Lecturn.
Definition of Lectern
1. Noun. A stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service. ¹
2. Noun. A similar stand to support a lecturer's notes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lectern
1. a reading desk [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lectern
Literary usage of Lectern
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of Terms Used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic Architecture by John Henry Parker (1845)
"lectern. in the services of the Roman Catholic Church are placed; ... The principal
lectern stood in the middle of the choir, but there were sometimes ..."
2. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"They are placed be- lectern, AT ANGLE OF MARBLE PULPIT, ... Hence, by extension,
same as lectern. LECTURE ROOM. A hall or large room arranged to accommodate ..."
3. The Care of Books: An Essay on the Development of Libraries and Their by John Willis Clark (1901)
"THE lectern-SYSTEM IN ITALY. LIBRARIES AT CESENA, AT THE CONVENT OF S. MARK, ...
It consisted in a return to the " lectern-system," with the addition of a ..."
4. Sun Dials and Roses of Yesterday: Garden Delights which are Here Displayed by Alice Morse Earle (1902)
"As an attempt at description, it may be said that a block of stone rests on the
top of the standard somewhat as a book rests on a lectern ; this block (the ..."
5. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland by Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1879)
"Apart from any conjectures as to its history, this lectern is of special interest
from its being, so far as known, the only example, either in wood or metal ..."
6. Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain by George Edmund Street (1914)
"The metal Rejas are of the same age as the stalls; and there is a fine ancient
lectern for the choir, of enormous size, in the centre of the Coro, ..."
7. Norfolk Archaeology, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to the Antiquities of (1872)
"The design of this lectern is unusual and of great beauty. ... The Shipdham
lectern is constructed with a triangular shaft composed of three buttresses ..."
8. The Gentleman's Magazine (1855)
"KW Robertson—lectern of King's College Chapel, Cambridge—Bequests of Mr. Wallace of
Kelly to the Watt Institution at Greenock. The meeting of the British ..."
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