lection
pronunciation
How to pronounce lection in British English:
UK ['lekʃən]
How to pronounce lection in American English:
US ['lekʃən]
Word Origin
- lection (n.)
- 1530s, from Old French lection, from Latin lectionem (nominative lectio), noun of action from past participle stem of legere "to read" (see lecture (n.)).
Example
- 1. The lection being read aloud by those monks sounded not too bad .
- 2. The president takes office two months after the lection .
- 3. The old monk often took the young monk to the hill outside the temple to recite the lection .
- 4. Had been at ease , when your son can carry eulogy on the back this lection when , you are likely already hundred years .
- 5. Bush had campaigned on national-security issues , only to pitch social security reform after re lection .