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lectern

noun as in reading desk

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In another photo pair, a crowd listens to a speaker at a lectern in a light-filled conference hall.

“Guantanamo is not necessary to keep us safe,” he said, tapping at the lectern.

When the court came to order, he approached a lectern and stood at attention.

Vicki Jackson, a Harvard Law professor, rises to the lectern and begins her remarks.

He was not projecting outward to a crowd like a professor at a lectern.

The lectern, as the pulpit-stand in English churches is called, was fashioned of oak taken from Nelson's flagship, the Victory.

Parson John looked greyer than usual as he conducted the service and stood at the lectern to read the Lessons.

The fine wooden lectern of very late Gothic design has well-carved angels kneeling on the four supporting legs.

The lectern he had done his best to burnish; but it was still a cripple from the fire.

There was nothing but the saw for these, and Carlton had already sawn the lectern from its grave.

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On this page you'll find 11 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to lectern, such as: rostrum, ambo, platform, stand, support, and pulpit.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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