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Lectern

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A reading desk with a slanted top holding the books from which scriptural passages are read during a church service.

n. A stand that serves as a support for the notes or books of a speaker.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service.

n. A similar stand to support a lecturer's notes.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A choir desk, or reading desk, in some churches, from which the lections, or Scripture lessons, are chanted or read.

n. A reading desk, usually in the form of a stand with a slanted top that holds books or lecture notes at a height convenient for reading by a speaker who is standing. A modern lectern may be of adjustable height, and be fitted with a light to illuminate the material on the desk, and sometimes a microphone or other electrical equipment for use of a speaker.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A reading-desk in a church; especially, the desk from which the lessons are read at daily prayer.

n. A writing-desk or -table.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer

Word Usage

"At the lectern is a twerp of a grad student — the prototypical A student — insecure, overbearing, full of himself and contempt for his students."

Hypernym

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stand

Synonym

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podium

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