I set my notes on the lectern, adjusted the microphone, and awkwardly set about presenting to the class a summary of my last month of research.
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Lectern
//ˈlɛktə(ɹ)n//
Synonyms for "lectern" (16 found)
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14 entriesTranslations
59 translations across 23 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- faristol noun (a stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service)
- faristol noun (a similar stand to support a lecturer's notes)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 誦經臺 /诵经台 noun (a stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service)
- 講桌 /讲桌 noun (a similar stand to support a lecturer's notes)
Czech
2 entries- ambona noun (a stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service)
- řečnický pultík noun (a similar stand to support a lecturer's notes)
Dutch
1 entries- lessenaar noun (a similar stand to support a lecturer's notes)
Esperanto
1 entries- pupitro noun (a stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service)
Finnish
3 entries- lehteri noun (a similar stand to support a lecturer's notes)
- lukuteline noun (a stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service)
- puhujapönttö noun (a similar stand to support a lecturer's notes)
French
2 entries- lutrin noun (a stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service)
- pupitre noun (a similar stand to support a lecturer's notes)
German
4 entries- Chorpult noun (a stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service)
- Lesepult noun (a stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service)
- Pult noun (a stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service)
- Pult noun (a similar stand to support a lecturer's notes)
Greek
1 entries- αναλόγιο noun (a stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service)
Irish
1 entries- léachtán noun (a stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service)
Italian
2 entries- leggio noun (a stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service)
- leggio noun (a similar stand to support a lecturer's notes)
Macedonian
2 entries- аналој noun (a stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service)
- пулт noun (a similar stand to support a lecturer's notes)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- kateter noun (a stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service)
- podium noun (a similar stand to support a lecturer's notes)
- talerstol noun (a similar stand to support a lecturer's notes)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- رحله noun (a stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service)
Polish
2 entries- mównica noun (a similar stand to support a lecturer's notes)
- pulpit noun (a similar stand to support a lecturer's notes)
Portuguese
4 entries- atril noun (a stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service)
- atril noun (a similar stand to support a lecturer's notes)
- leitoril noun (a stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service)
- leitoril noun (a similar stand to support a lecturer's notes)
Russian
4 entries- анало́й noun (a stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service)
- ка́федра noun (a similar stand to support a lecturer's notes)
- пульт noun (a similar stand to support a lecturer's notes)
- пюпи́тр noun (a similar stand to support a lecturer's notes)
Spanish
4 entries- atril noun (a stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service)
- atril noun (a similar stand to support a lecturer's notes)
- facistol noun (a stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service)
- facistol noun (a similar stand to support a lecturer's notes)
Swedish
3 entries- podium noun (a similar stand to support a lecturer's notes)
- predikstol noun (a stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service)
- talarstol noun (a similar stand to support a lecturer's notes)
Tagalog
2 entries- atril noun (a stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service)
- pasistol noun (a stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service)
Turkish
2 entries- kürsü noun (a stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service)
- kürsü noun (a similar stand to support a lecturer's notes)
Ukrainian
3 entries- анало́й noun (a stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service)
- ка́тедра noun (a similar stand to support a lecturer's notes)
- пюпі́тр noun (a similar stand to support a lecturer's notes)
Welsh
3 entries- darlithell noun (a similar stand to support a lecturer's notes)
- darllenfa noun (a stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service)
- darllenfa noun (a similar stand to support a lecturer's notes)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Such was his devotion that the priest hardly ever needed to look down and read from the Bible sat upon his mahogany lectern.
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Tom rose from his seat and, amid applause, made his way to the onstage lectern.
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Rising from his seat, Tom made his way to the onstage lectern to applause.
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