LECTURN

Lec″turn (lĕk″tŭrn), 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.