Associations to the word «Lectern»

Wiktionary

LECTERN, noun. A stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service.
LECTERN, noun. A similar stand to support a lecturer's notes.

Dictionary definition

LECTERN, noun. Desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley