lection
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French lection, from Latin lēctiōnem, form of lēctiō, from legō (“I read, I gather”). Doublet of lesson.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɛkʃən/
Noun
lection (countable and uncountable, plural lections)
- (obsolete) The act of reading.
- (ecclesiastical) A reading of a religious text; a lesson to be read in church etc.
- 1885, Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Night 13:
- 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.
- 1885, Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Night 13:
Synonyms
- (a religious reading): lesson
Related terms
- lectern
- lecture
- lector
- lesson
Interlingua
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lekˈtsjon/
Noun
lection (plural lectiones)
- lesson
Old French
Alternative forms
- leccion
- lectiun
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lectio, lectionem. See also leçon.
Noun
lection f (oblique plural lections, nominative singular lection, nominative plural lections)
- election; choice
- reading (act, process of reading)
Descendants
- English: lection (borrowed)