Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lection"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lection \Lec"tion\, n. [L. lectio, fr. legere, lectum, to read.
See {lesson}, {Legend}.]
1. (Eccl.) A lesson or selection, esp. of Scripture, read in
divine service.
2. A reading; a variation in the text.
We ourselves are offended by the obtrusion of the
new lections into the text. --De Quincey.
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