Definitions for lecterns

lecterns lec·tern

Spelling: [lek-tern]
IPA: /ˈlɛk tərn/

Lecterns is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 264 anagrams from letters in lecterns (ceelnrst).

Definitions for lecterns

noun

  1. a reading desk in a church on which the Bible rests and from which the lessons are read during the church service.
  2. a stand with a slanted top, used to hold a book, speech, manuscript, etc., at the proper height for a reader or speaker.

Origin of lecterns

1275-1325; earlier lectron(e), late Middle English lectryn Medieval Latin lēctrīnum, derivative of lēctrum lectern, equivalent to Latin leg(ere) to read + -trum instrumental suffix; replacing

Examples for lecterns

He was not projecting outward to a crowd like a professor at a lectern.

The bier stood near the lectern, between four rows of candles.

Vicki Jackson, a Harvard Law professor, rises to the lectern and begins her remarks.

“Guantanamo is not necessary to keep us safe,” he said, tapping at the lectern.

They were all that he could do in the way of pulpit, desk, and lectern.

In another photo pair, a crowd listens to a speaker at a lectern in a light-filled conference hall.

When the court came to order, he approached a lectern and stood at attention.

The lectern takes the familiar form of an eagle, and is of bronze.

Mrs. Fleming, Meg, Monty, and Neale were standing by the lectern when she appeared.

He came over to the table and stood in front of it as though it were a lectern.

Word Value for lecterns
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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