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(n.) A choir desk, or reading desk, in some churches, from which the lections, or Scripture lessons, are chanted or read; hence, a reading desk. [Written also lectern and lettern.]

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Lecturn'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​l/lecturn.html. 1828.
 
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