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Definition of Letterns
1. lettern [n] - See also: lettern
Lexicographical Neighbors of Letterns
Literary usage of Letterns
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Present State of Ecclesiastical Architecture in England by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1843)
"By the rules of the Cistercian order, the rood loft is used for all its ancient
purposes, and will be provided with letterns, standards for lights, ..."
2. A Manual of Gothic Moldings: With Directions for Copying Them and for by Frederick Apthorp Paley (1865)
"Altar Plate — Moveable Pulpit Desk and Corona—Verges and Pastoral Staff— Litany
Desks—Wooden letterns. PART VII. — Timber Belfries ( plates) — Timber ..."
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