lectern
About 0.32 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun A stand with a slanted top used to support a Bible from which passages are read during a church service.
- noun A similar stand to support a lecturer's notes.
Similar words
reading desk ambo desk pulpit podium bema prie-dieu hum-box rostrum bookstand
Often followed by
and in to with or is for at was
Word family
lecterns
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