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Definition of Lection
1. n. A lesson or selection, esp. of Scripture, read in divine service.
Definition of Lection
1. Noun. (obsolete) The act of reading. ¹
2. Noun. (ecclesiastical) A reading of a religious text; a lesson to be read in church etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lection
1. a portion of sacred writing read in a church service [n -S]
Medical Definition of Lection
1. 1. A lesson or selection, especially. Of Scripture, read in divine service. 2. A reading; a variation in the text. "We ourselves are offended by the obtrusion of the new lections into the text." (De Quincey) Origin: L. Lectio, fr. Legere, lectum, to read. See lesson, Legend. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lection
Literary usage of Lection
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... Boethius and Prudentius, is a in his canzone on the defeat of the Florentines
at important of these, the " Introduzione allé Virtù", lection of letters, ..."
2. A General Bibliographical Dictionary by Friedrich Adolf Ebert, Arthur Browne (1837)
"Select col- 72 plates, besides the 6 plates by lection of old plays (by Dods-
Gmelin. 1800. fol. with plates. Jac. Mechau. Nrb. 1798. large fol. ley). ..."
3. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"The lection of writings, it is not a loose Bond of aggregation with no inner bond.
The Union, purpose of each part is one with that of all the rest, ..."
4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"lection of a greater compensation than two and I it bad declared to be equal and
reasonable, and This report was entered of record, and a copy furnished to ..."
5. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"lection of drift or bay-ice, the pieces of which are continuous. It is called a
sea-stream, when it is exposed on one side to the ocean, and affords shelter ..."
6. At the North of Bearcamp Water: Chronicles of a Stroller in New England from by Frank Bolles (1893)
"TUESDAY, the 8th of November, 1892, belongs to history now, but when it began it
was only an ordinary 'lection day. Floods of night rain had washed the high ..."
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