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

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lection

Source Word

lection

IPA(Pronunciation)

Noun

countable obsolete uncountable

Japanese Meaning

（古語）読む行為、読書行為。 / （教会などで）宗教文書の朗読、教会で読む説教や聖書の一節の朗読。

In the old monastic library, the lection of sacred texts was a daily ritual.

古い修道院の図書室では、聖典の朗読が日課だった。

Sense（1）

(obsolete) The act of reading.

Sense（2）

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

This man […] came to dwell in our city, and here founded this holy house, and he hath edified us by his litanies and his lections of the Koran.

lections

（ plural ）