LECTURN

Noun

lecturn (plural lecturns)

Obsolete form of lectern.

Source: Wiktionary


Lec"turn, n. Etym: [LL. lectrinum, fr. lectrum; cf. L. legere, lectum, to read.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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28 April 2024

POLYGENIC

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The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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