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Webster 1913 Edition

Lection

Lec′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
lectio
, fr.
legere
,
lectum
, to read. See
lesson
,
Legend
.]
1.
(Eccl.)
A lesson or selection, especially of Scripture, read in divine service.
2.
A reading; a variation in the text.
We ourselves are offended by the obtrusion of the new
lections
into the text.
De Quincey.

Webster 1828 Edition

Lection

LEC'TION

,
Noun.
[L. lectio, from lego, to read, Gr.]
1.
A reading.
2.
A difference or variety in copies of a manuscript or book.
3.
A lesson or portion of Scripture read in divine service.

Definition 2024

lection

lection

English

Noun

lection ‎(plural lections)

  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

Interlingua

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lekˈtsjon/

Noun

lection ‎(plural lectiones)

  1. lesson

Old French

Alternative forms

  • leccion
  • lectiun

Noun

lection f ‎(oblique plural lections, nominative singular lection, nominative plural lections)

  1. election; choice
  2. reading (act, process of reading)

Descendants

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛkʃən/

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