lection

English

Etymology

From Old French lection, from Latin lēctiōnem, form of lēctiō, from legō (“I read, I gather”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlɛkʃən/

Noun

lection (plural lections)

1. (obsolete) The act of reading.
2. (ecclesiastical) A reading of a religious text; a lesson to be read in church etc.
   • 1885, This man [...] came to dwell in our city, and here founded this holy house, and he hath edified us by his litanies and his lections of the Koran — Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Night 13

Synonyms

• (a religious reading): lesson

Related terms

• lectern
• lecture
• lesson

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Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lekˈtsjon/

Noun

lection (plural lectiones)

1. lesson

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Old French

Alternative forms

• leccion
• lectiun

Noun

lection f (oblique plural lections, nominative singular lection, nominative plural lections)

1. election; choice
2. reading (act, process of reading)

Descendants

• English: lection (borrowed)
• French: lection