Home › Words › L › lectionlection/ˈlɛkʃən/lection · noun — the act of reading.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).lection is pronounced /ˈlɛkʃən/.EtymologyBorrowed from Old French lection, from Latin lēctiōnem, form of lēctiō, from legō (“to read; to gather”). Doublet of lesson.nounThe act of reading.A reading of a religious text; a lesson to be read in church etc.e.g.“This man […] came to dwell in our city, and here founded this holy house, and he hath edified us by his litanies and his lections of the Koran.” — 1885, Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Night 13:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.prelection 70% match — A public lecture or reading, especially delivered at a college or university. vs lection →lector 65% match — A lay person who reads aloud certain religious texts in a church service. vs lection →lectorship 62% match — The role or post of a lector. vs lection →prelector 62% match — Someone who reads lectures or discourses; a lecturer. vs lection →lectional 62% match — Of or relating to a lection. vs lection →reread 60% match — To read again. vs lection →readthrough 59% match — The process of reading through something; a perusal. vs lection →recitement 57% match — The act of publicly reciting something previously memorized; a recitation. vs lection →