Lection

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlÉ›kʃən/

Origin

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

Full definition of lection

Noun

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
• lector
• lesson