lectern
The definition of a lectern is a stand with an area on top to hold books or notes.
(noun)An example of a lectern is a tall podium with a slanted top for books and notes that is located in front of the class and that the professor stands in front of when teaching classes.
See lectern in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a reading desk in a church, esp. such a desk from which a part of the Scriptures is read in a church service
- a stand for holding the notes, written speech, etc., as of a lecturer
Origin: ME lectorne, altered (infl. by L forms) < earlier lettrun < OFr < ML lectrum < L lectus, pp. of legere, to read: see logic
See lectern in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A reading desk with a slanted top used to hold a sacred text from which passages are read in a religious service.
- A stand that serves as a support for the notes or books of a speaker.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English lettorne, lectorn
Origin: , from Old French lettrun
Origin: , from Medieval Latin lēctrīnum
Origin: , from Late Latin lēctrum
Origin: , from Latin lēctus
Origin: , past participle of legere, to read; see leg- in Indo-European roots
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