Lection

//ˈlɛkʃən// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of reading. countable, obsolete, uncountable
  2. 2
    A reading of a religious text; a lesson to be read in church etc. countable, uncountable

    "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

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editionlessonlessonreadingrenderingrendition

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"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."

Etymology

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

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