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