lection
Americannoun
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a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
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a portion of sacred writing read in a divine service; lesson; pericope.
noun
Etymology
Origin of lection
1530–40; < Latin lēctiōn- (stem of lēctiō ) a reading, equivalent to lēct ( us ) (past participle of legere to choose, gather, read; cognate with Greek légein to speak) + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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Once in the early 1920s, an Italian thought he spotted it in the col lection of Florence's Uffizi Palace; it turned out to be the work of an admirer.
From Time Magazine Archive
Other great pictures in the Clarke col- lection: Mrs. Richard Yates. by Gilbert Stuart, as a hawk-nosed old lady in white lace cap and satin gown stitching away at her fancy work.
From Time Magazine Archive
A fascinating col lection of sacred and profane music by nine little-known Italian composers of the 16th and early 17th centuries, performed on such authentic instruments as sackbut, recorder and shawm.
From Time Magazine Archive
As more details of the latest aborted coup attempt emerged, talk of the effect that the conspiracy would have on the lection was rife.
From Time Magazine Archive
She helped store the lection in the cellar.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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