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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French lection, from Latin lēctiōnem, form of lēctiō, from legō (“I read, I gather”). Doublet of lesson.
Pronunciation
Noun
lection (countable and uncountable, plural lections)
- (obsolete) The act of reading.
- (ecclesiastical) A reading of a religious text; a lesson to be read in church etc.
1885, Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Night 13: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.
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Interlingua
Pronunciation
Noun
lection (plural lectiones)
- lesson
Old French
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lectio, lectionem. See also leçon.
Noun
lection oblique singular, f (oblique plural lections, nominative singular lection, nominative plural lections)
- election; choice
- reading (act, process of reading)
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