\Lec"turn\ (l[e^]k"t[u^]rn), n. [LL. lectrinum, fr.
lectrum; cf. L. legere, lectum, to read.]
A choir desk, or reading desk, in some churches, from which
the lections, or Scripture lessons, are chanted or read;
hence, a reading desk. [Written also {lectern} and
{lettern}.] --Fairholt.