lectern
nounA reading desk with a slanted top used to hold a sacred text from which passages are read in a religious service.
nounA stand that serves as a support for the notes or books of a speaker.
nounA reading-desk in a church; especially, the desk from which the lessons are read at daily prayer.
nounA writing-desk or -table.
nounA choir desk, or reading desk, in some churches, from which the lections, or Scripture lessons, are chanted or read.
nounA reading desk, usually in the form of a stand with a slanted top that holds books or lecture notes at a height convenient for reading by a speaker who is standing. A modern
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A similar stand to support a
desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer