Definitions of lectern [ˈlɛk tərn]

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Definition of 'lectern'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) lectern
a reading desk in a church from which the Bible lessons are read during the service.

2. lectern
a stand with a slanted top, used to hold a book, speech, etc., at the proper height for a standing reader or speaker.

Definition of 'lectern'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) lectern, reading desk
desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer

Definition of 'lectern'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) lectern
see Lecturn

Definitions of 'lectern'

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

1. lectern
a stand with a desk for a book from which the service is read in a church.

Translation of 'lectern'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a stand for holding a book etc to be read from, especially for a lecture or in a church.
Afrikaans: koorlessenaar, standertji	Arabic: مِسْنَد خَشَبي للكِتاب	Bulgarian: поставка за книга
Brazilian: atril	Czech: pulpit	German: das Lesepult
Danish: læsepult	Greek: αναλόγιο	Spanish: atril
Estonian: lugemispult	Farsi: تریبون	Finnish: lehteri
French: lutrin	Hebrew: עַמוּד קְרִיאָה	Hindi: पाठ-मंच
Croatian: ambon	Hungarian: felolvasóasztal; pulpitus	Indonesian: mimbar
Icelandic: lektari, lesborð	Italian: leggio	Japanese: 講演台
Korean: 성서대(聖書臺)	Lithuanian: pultas	Latvian: pults
Malay: meja berucap	Dutch: lessenaar	Norwegian: talerstol, kateter, lesep
Polish: pulpit	Persian: ، ميز كه بروى آن كتابى وغ	Pashto: د خطابه ميز
Portuguese: atril	Romanian: pupitru; strană	Russian: пюпитр; аналой
Slovak: pulpit	Slovenian: pult, stojalo	Serbian: postolje za knjige
Swedish: korpulpet, talarstol	Thai: ที่ตั้งหนังสือ	Turkish: konuşmacı kürsüsü
Taiwanese: 講台，讀經台	Ukrainian: кафедра; аналой	Urdu: مقدس کتابوں کے لیے ٹیک
Vietnamese: bục giảng	Chinese: 小讲台，读经台
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