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A lectern is a standing reading desk with a slanted top, on which documents or books are placed as support for reading aloud, as in a scripture reading, lecture, or sermon. A lectern is usually attached to a stand or affixed to some other form of support.
The antique is basically a lectern fitted with the conveniences needed to make writing easy, such as room for paper and writing implements. In a sense, it is a specialised and rarer form of standing desk. The term is sometimes used for large standing desks.
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The word lectern comes from the Latin word "lectus" past participle of legere, meaning "to read", because the lectern primarily functions as a reading stand. It is typically used by lay people to read the scripture lessons (except for the Gospel lesson), to lead the congregation in prayer, and to make announcements.
In the book "Red Mars" (1992) by Kim Stanley Robinson, a lectern is referred to as a device that one can store books, display books for reading, record and playback audio notes and look up data on what seemed like a wikipedia of sorts. Is at all a common use of the word or just the writer's imagination.
The game Minecraft contains an explosive block named after TNT. MDaxo 18:21, 3 December 2019 (UTC) Yes, although a reference (added) would also be helpful. Klbrain 06:14, 20 May 2020 (UTC) The current reference is to the minecraft wiki so I have again removed it.
Since then, it was adopted among software and game development [4] (including Minecraft) [5] companies, for software translation. The suite includes an automated machine translation engine and a translation memory to store and reuse translations. [6]
There is a table where the Torah scrolls are laid for reading, called a bimah, and another lower table called an amud, that is, a lectern. The lectern is covered with an embroidered cloth covering the area on which the Torah scroll will rest during the parashah (lection—see Torah reading).