lection
Meanings
noun
- The act of reading.
- A reading of a religious text; a lesson to be read in church etc.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Old French lection, from Latin lēctiōnem, form of lēctiō, from legō (“to read; to gather”). Doublet of lesson.
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