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lecturn

lecturn is the obsolete form of lectern.

Meaning of lectern

Noun

lectern (plural lecterns)

  1. A stand with a slanted top used to support a Bible from which passages are read during a church service.
  2. A similar stand to support a lecturer's notes.

Forms of lecturn

plurallecturns

Questions about lecturn

What is lecturn the obsolete form of?
Lecturn is the obsolete form of lectern.

Words near lecturn in the dictionary

  1. lecturising
  2. lecturize
  3. lecturized
  4. lecturizes
  5. lecturizing
  6. lecturn
  7. lecturns
  8. lecturous
  9. lecudinid
  10. lecudinids
  11. Lecuona

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lecturn (page history and authors); lectern (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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