"lection" meaning in English

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        "The act of reading."
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        "(obsolete) The act of reading."
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        "A reading of a religious text; a lesson to be read in church etc."
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        "(ecclesiastical) A reading of a religious text; a lesson to be read in church etc."
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        "(obsolete) The act of reading."
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