The stand in which a Jewish Cantor (someone who leads a Jewish service) rests the Torah on.
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I'm guessing you are asking about the root for lectern, as there is no such word as lecturn. Lectern is from the Latin word legere which means "to read."
In a church it is simply a bookrest on which a Bible is kept and from where readings from the Bible are read. In any lecture hall or similar place, lecterns are used to hold a speaker's notes or speech.
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A podium is a raised platform used to elevate someone from his or her surroundings, traditionally to make them stand out on a stage. In this sense, the word "dais" is a synomym. The word podium has ALSO come to mean a stand used to hold papers (for a lecturer, for example) or music (for a conductor, for instance), so, in this sense, the word "lectern" or "music stand" would be synonyms, depending on the cirumstances.
Oxford Lectern Bible was created in 1935.
Rabbis and cantors
Oblong means that something is elongated. Examples are a rectangle and an oval. An oblong pulpit lectern would be a lectern that is elongated in shape.
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That is the correct spelling of "lectern" (a lecture stand).
A computer lectern allows a professor to put his or her laptop on the lectern while conducting a lecture. Lecterns can be purchased at retailers such as Office Max.
A reading desk in a Church is usually referred to as a lectern.
A lectern is a sloping upright reading stand - they are used in Churches or for public speaking such as a debate.
Below the alter are the pulpit and lectern, a stand on which the Bible rests and from which Bible readings are given.
When you speak before a group, a lectern is useful for holding your notes and hiding the coffee stain on your shirt.
Yes, but Orthodox Judaism does not.
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