lection

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That col- lection is the source of a series of his most mature sonnets, and of almost all the unfinished poems and fragments.

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  1. noun A variant reading or transcription of a text or copy.
  2. noun A reading from Scripture that forms a part of a church service.

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  • His need for really puzzling crimes got ever stronger; he was no longer content with ref lection, and on several occasions, I'm ashamed to admit, I actually hid his violin under our divan. —  ElleryQueen'sMysteryMagazine,February2003
  • Lok is up for reëlection, but wants to buck tradition by running again. —  GreenCine Daily
  • But he also promused fixed lection, child care space, not to raise taxes, wait times guarantees accountability, ... and the list goes on and on and on. —  CTV News RSS Feed
  • He was a candidate for reëlection, and much worshiped; and, though cordial with me, his general manner had something of "I am the State." —  Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War
  • When Washington consented reluctantly to serve a second term, his unopposed reëlection was assured. —  Union and Democracy
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  1. Latin lēctiō, lēctiōn-, a reading; see lesson.

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  1. = French leçon (later English lesson) = Spanish leccion = Portuguese lição = Italian lezione, from Latin lectio (n-), a reading, from lectus, past participle of legere, gather, read, = Greek λέγειν, gather, speak, tell: see legend. Cf. lesson, a doublet of lection.
 

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