Synonyms for lectern

Grammar : Noun

Spell : lek-tern

Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɛk tərn

Définition of lectern

Origin : early 14c., lettorne, lettron, from Old French letron, from Medieval Latin lectrinum, from Late Latin lectrum "lectern," from root of Latin legere "to read" (see lecture (n.)). Half-re-Latinized in English in 15c.

noun reading desk

Example sentences :

Mrs. Fleming, Meg, Monty, and Neale were standing by the lectern when she appeared.
Extract from : « A harum-scarum schoolgirl » by Angela Brazil

The bier stood near the lectern, between four rows of candles.
Extract from : « Madame Bovary » by Gustave Flaubert

They were all that he could do in the way of pulpit, desk, and lectern.
Extract from : « Stingaree » by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung

He came over to the table and stood in front of it as though it were a lectern.
Extract from : « The Trembling of a Leaf » by William Somerset Maugham

The Lectern takes the familiar form of an eagle, and is of bronze.
Extract from : « Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of St. Paul » by Arthur Dimock

The Lectern and the small Prayer-desk are of sandal-wood from Erromango.
Extract from : « Life of John Coleridge Patteson » by Charlotte M. Yonge

At that moment they stood, with their backs to the body of the church, studying the lectern.
Extract from : « The Following of the Star » by Florence L. Barclay

He could peer down into the pews, could see the pulpit, the font and the lectern.
Extract from : « The Smuggler's Cave » by George A. Birmingham

The Pulpit is made of rich marble, and the lectern was made in 1720.
Extract from : « The Cathedrals of Great Britain » by P. H. Ditchfield

The font is modern, and also the pulpit, stalls and lectern.
Extract from : « The Cathedrals of Great Britain » by P. H. Ditchfield

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