lection
/ˈlɛkʃən/
lection noun: the act of reading.
Noun
lection (countable and uncountable, plural lections)
- The act of reading.
- A reading of a religious text; a lesson to be read in church etc.
- 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.1885, Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Night 13
- Synonyms:
- lesson
lection meaning in Hindi and Tamil
lection in Hindi
- lection, textual variant, varying version
- पाठभेद pāṭhbhed
lection in Tamil
- பாடம், பாட வேறுபாடு, பாடவேறுபாடு
Synonyms of lection
Forms of lection
| plural | lections |
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Origin of lection
Borrowed from Old French lection, from Latin lēctiōnem, form of lēctiō, from legō (“to read; to gather”). Doublet of lesson.
Words formed from lection
Words that rhyme with lection
- section
- connection
- projection
- injection
- selection
- collection
- protection
- inflection
- reflection
- affection
- correction
- deflection
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- direction
- election
- erection
- complexion
- recollection
- resurrection
- dejection
- dissection
- flexion
- infection
- rejection
- connexion
- convection
- detection
- disconnection
- misdirection
- objection
- perfection
- vection
- advection
- ejection
- imperfection
- inspection
- interjection
- introspection
- reflexion
- aspection
- callisection
- disinfection
- disruptive selection
- electrotransfection
- indirect election
- insurrection
- police protection
- porrection
- predilection
- retroflexion
- self-infection
- snap election
- ticket inspection
- transfection
- trivection
- type introspection
- vivisection
Questions about lection
- What does lection mean?
- Lection means the act of reading.
- What is lection in Hindi?
- Lection in Hindi is पाठभेद (pāṭhbhed). See Lection meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is lection?
- Lection is a noun.
- How do you pronounce lection?
- Lection is pronounced /ˈlɛkʃən/.
- What is the plural of lection?
- The plural of lection is lections.
Words near lection in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lection (page history and authors); पाठभेद (Hindi) (page history and authors); lection (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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