Lē'e'turn, n.

n. [O. Fr. lectrin, N. Fr. lutrin, L. Lat. lectrinum, lectrum, from legere, lectum, to read.] A choir-desk, or reading-desk, in churches, from which the lections, or Scripture lessons, are chanted or read; hence, a reading-desk. [Written also lectern and lethern.] Fairholt.