(textual criticism and interpretation) Any one of the interpretations or readings of a given passage in a text which differ from copy to copy, from edition to edition, from manuscript to manuscript, or from translation to translation.

(textual criticism) The more difficult reading, held to be the more likely when faced with two manuscripts that disagree on a particular reading, according to the principle of lectio difficilior potior.

(Christianity) A book or listing that contains a collection of readings for Christian worship.

plural of lection

(obsolete) The act of reading. / (ecclesiastical) A reading of a religious text; a lesson to be read in church etc.

(phonology) A consonant letter used to represent a vowel sound in Semitic scripts.

plural of lectionary

plural of mater lectionis

Obsolete spelling of variae lectiones

plural of varia lectio