LECTION


Meaning of LECTION in English

ˈlekshən noun

( -s )

Etymology: Late Latin lection-, lectio — more at lesson

1. : a lesson or selection from sacred writings read in a church service

2.

[New Latin lection-, lectio, from Latin]

: a variant reading in a copy or edition of a text

are offended by the obtrusion of the new lections into the text — Thomas De Quincey

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