"lection" meaning in English

See lection in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈlɛkʃən/ Forms: lections [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Old French lection, from Latin lēctiōnem, form of lēctiō, from legō (“I read, I gather”). Doublet of lesson. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*leǵ-}}, {{der|en|fro|lection}} Old French lection, {{der|en|la|lēctiōnem}} Latin lēctiōnem, {{m|la|lēctiō}} lēctiō, {{m|la|legō||I read, I gather}} legō (“I read, I gather”), {{doublet|en|lesson}} Doublet of lesson Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} lection (countable and uncountable, plural lections)
  1. (obsolete) The act of reading. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-lection-en-noun-~ulnWhqv
  2. (ecclesiastical) A reading of a religious text; a lesson to be read in church etc. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-lection-en-noun-3vNNBpqh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Old French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 6 42 41 4 7 Topics: ecclesiastical, lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (a religious reading): lesson Related terms: lectern, lecture, lector, lesson
Disambiguation of 'a religious reading': 53 47

Inflected forms

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