lection

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛkʃən/

Noun

lection (countable and uncountable, 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, Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Night 13:

     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.

Synonyms

• (a religious reading): lesson

Related terms

• lectern
• lecture
• lector
• lesson

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lekˈtsjon/

Noun

lection (plural lectiones)

1. lesson

Old French

Alternative forms

• leccion
• lectiun

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lectio, lectionem. See also leçon.

Noun

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

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

Descendants

• → English: lection