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" Lego], the desk or stand on which the larger books used in the services of the Roman Catholic Church are placed : since the Reformation they have been seldom used in this country, but are occasionally employed to hold the Bible. The principal lectern... "
A Concise Glossary of Terms Used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic ... - Page 149
by John Henry Parker - 1888 - 335 pages
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A Glossary of Terms Used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic ..., Part 1

John Henry Parker - Architecture - 1845 - 438 pages
...Reformation they have been seldom used in this country, but are occasionally employed to hold the Bible. The principal lectern stood in the middle of the choir,...They were occasionally made of stone or marble, and fixed, but were usually of wood or brass, and moveable; they were also often covered with costly hangings...
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Rudimentary dictionary of terms used in architecture [&c.].

John Weale - 1850 - 590 pages
...Cornish), or casualties, in tin, is the same as hanaways of copper or lead ore Lectern or Lettern, the desk or stand on which the larger books used in...services of the Roman Catholic church are placed. In modern Protestant churches they are now often used, and are very ornamental in appearance, and far...
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A glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian and Gothic architecture ...

John Henry Parker - 1850 - 562 pages
...p. 55. LECTERN, LETTERS, Ztttotnt,1Lttciont,Lutrin, FR., Leggio, ITAL., Ecskpult, GER. : the desk"1 or stand on which the larger books used in the services of the Roman Catholic Church arc placed ; since the Reformation they have been seldom used in this country, but are occasionally...
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The ornaments and goods of the church. 1855

William Henry Pinnock - Church decoration and ornament - 1855 - 354 pages
...examples ' of the ancient Ambo in the Churches at Rome.' (p. 17.) — The LECTERN is described as — ' The Desk or Stand on which the larger ' Books used...Services of the Roman Catholic Church are ' placed : since the Reformation they have been seldom used in this ' country, but are occasionally employed...
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Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms Used in Architecture: Civil, Architecture ...

John Weale - Architecture - 1859 - 622 pages
...Cornish), or casualties, in tin, is the same as hanaways of copper or lead ore. Lectern or Lettern, the desk or stand on which the larger books used in...services of the Roman Catholic church are placed. In modern Protestant churches they are now often used, and are very ornamental in appearance, and far...
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A Concise Glossary of Terms Used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic ...

John Henry Parker - Architecture - 1866 - 326 pages
...leaves themselves were often painted, so that when turned back they formed part of the general subject. The term is occasionally applied to the foldingdoors...the services of the Roman Catholic Church are placed : since the Reformation they have been seldom used in this country, but are occasionally employed to...
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The popular encyclopedia; or, 'Conversations Lexicon': [ed. by A. Whitelaw ...

Popular encyclopedia - 1875 - 532 pages
...active trade in cotton ami woollen goods, Avine, and oil. Pop. 17,836. LECTERN or LETTERN, the reading desk or stand on which the larger books used in the services of the church are placed. It is found both in Roman Catholic churches and in the cathedrals and college chapels...
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The Imperial dictionary, on the basis of Webster's English dictionary, Volume 4

John Ogilvie - 1883 - 832 pages
...n. [O. Fr. lectrin; LL tectrinum, from L. lego, lectum, to rea't.] Lectern, Yeovil, Somersetshire. The desk or stand on which the larger books used in the services of the Romiui Catholic and similar churches are placed. Since the Reformation they have been seldom used in...
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1,000 answers to 1,000 questions, a reprint of the first (-sixth) 1,000 ...

Titbits - 1884 - 378 pages
...supporter of the lectern in churches because the eagle is the natural enemy of the serpent. The lectern is the desk or stand on which the larger books used in the services of the Roman Catholic and similar churches are placed. Since the Reformation they have been seldom used in this country,...
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The National Standard Encyclopedia: A Dictionary of Literature, the Sciences ...

Reference books - 1884 - 718 pages
...sour milk diluted with water. Lebanon, -on. An extensive mountain range in W. Asia. Lectern, lek'tern. The desk or stand on which the larger books used in the services of the R. С. and similar churches are placed. Lectica, -ti'ka. In ancient Borne, a couch or litter in which...
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