Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A variant reading or transcription of a text or copy.
- noun A reading from Scripture that forms a part of a church service.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of reading.
- noun A reading; a special version in a copy of a manuscript or of a book.
- noun Same as
lesson , 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Eccl.) A lesson or selection, especially of Scripture, read in divine service.
- noun A reading; a variation in the text.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete The act of
reading . - noun ecclesiastical A reading of a religious text; a lesson to be read in church etc.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Bush’s reëlection is regarded within the Administration as evidence of America’s support for his decision to go to war.
January 2005 2005
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Finally, he couldn’t even goad them into calling the lection, so he made up some song and dance about “disfunctional” and called it himself.
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"Yes, but some ob de culled people gits mighty skittish ef dey tries to git em to vote dare ticket 'lection time, an' keeps dem at a proper distance wen de 'lection's ober.
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The Greek original of the Christian scriptures, unlike the Hebrew original of the Jewish scriptures, is not constricted by formal orthographic rules and is not part of the formal liturgy as Hebrew is in the Synagogue, where the portions of the Pentateuch are read as a weekly lection.
David Shasha: Monolingualism, Scriptural Translation and the Problem of Western Civilization David Shasha 2010
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The Greek original of the Christian scriptures, unlike the Hebrew original of the Jewish scriptures, is not constricted by formal orthographic rules and is not part of the formal liturgy as Hebrew is in the Synagogue, where the portions of the Pentateuch are read as a weekly lection.
David Shasha: Monolingualism, Scriptural Translation and the Problem of Western Civilization David Shasha 2010
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What if the lection results are accurate, and our President is siding with the losers.
Obama urges Iran to stop violence against its own people 2009
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Politicians need to ride the horse in order to get to their next destination, re-lection.
Wonk Room » Obama To AMA: ‘The Public Option Is Not Your Enemy, It Is Your Friend’ 2009
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Ms. Palin is not up for re-lection, YOU ARE! rachel
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The Greek original of the Christian scriptures, unlike the Hebrew original of the Jewish scriptures, is not constricted by formal orthographic rules and is not part of the formal liturgy as Hebrew is in the Synagogue, where the portions of the Pentateuch are read as a weekly lection.
David Shasha: Monolingualism, Scriptural Translation and the Problem of Western Civilization David Shasha 2010
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· This Gov is not what Imam Khomeini wanted for Iran - #Irane lection I will change all this - This is the SEA of GREEN
Iran Election Live-Blogging (Thursday June 18) The Huffington Post News Team 2009
whichbe commented on the word lection
Reading of Scripture.
May 20, 2008
hernesheir commented on the word lection
(n): a special wording, reading, spelling or variation in a text: a lesson, especially a portion of the Scriptures, read in a church service.
January 15, 2009