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lection

noun
/ˈlɛkʃən/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from lēctiōnem
  2. derived from lection

Definitions

  1. The act of reading.

  2. A reading of a religious text

    A reading of a religious text; a lesson to be read in church etc.

    • 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.

The neighborhood

Derived

lectional

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for lection. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA