legilium
legilium noun: a folding lectern.
Noun
legilium
- A folding lectern.
- A friend once went into an ecclesiastical furnishings outlet. "I'm looking for one of those collapsible lecterns that you can fold away after the service," he said. "I think you'll find our lecterns don't collapse, sir: it will be a legilium you'll be looking for," came the reply.2004, Samuel Wells, Improvisation: The Drama of Christian Ethics, Grand Rapids, M.I.: Brazos Press, →ISBN, page 91
- In some churches it may be possible to place it next to the lectern or legilium, so that the light of the risen Christ illuminates the reading of the Word of God.2008, Benjamin Gordon-Taylor, Simon Jones, Celebrating Christ's Appearing: Advent to Candlemas, London: SPCK, →ISBN, page 99
Examples of legilium in a sentence
- Sister Carol Elizabeth SSM at the legilium during the solemn eucharist2019 November 22, Glyn Paflin, “Newman will help us on common faith, FiF hears”, in Church Times, image caption, archived from the original...
- In view of the rapid turnover of prime ministers, would it not help the economy if they stopped commissioning personalised lecterns and were loaned a simple folding legilium instead?2022 October 26, Alec Mitchell, quotee, “Rishi Sunak's competence is what matters – not his race”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian...
Questions about legilium
- What does legilium mean?
- Legilium means a folding lectern.
- How do you use legilium in a sentence?
- Sister Carol Elizabeth SSM at the legilium during the solemn eucharist
- What part of speech is legilium?
- Legilium is a noun.
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