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Topic: DAILY LIFE

Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: letrun, from Medieval Latin lectorinum, from Latin lector 'reader'

lectern

 noun
     
lec‧tern [countable]
DRRC an object with a sloping surface that you put an open book or notes on while you are speaking to people in public
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