/lek"sheuhn/ , n.
1. a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
2. a portion of sacred writing read in a divine service; lesson; pericope.
[ 1530-40; lection- (s. of lectio ) a reading, equiv. to lect ( us ) (ptp. of legere to choose, gather, read; c. Gk légein to speak) + -ion- -ION ]