lectern
noun
Origin of lectern
Examples from the Web for lectern
Contemporary Examples of lectern
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.
Congress Cooperates, Obama Pushes Hard, and Closing Gitmo Has a ChanceDaniel Klaidman
December 12, 2013
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.
Historical Examples of lectern
Mrs. Fleming, Meg, Monty, and Neale were standing by the lectern when she appeared.
A harum-scarum schoolgirlAngela Brazil
The bier stood near the lectern, between four rows of candles.
Madame BovaryGustave Flaubert
They were all that he could do in the way of pulpit, desk, and lectern.
StingareeE. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
He came over to the table and stood in front of it as though it were a lectern.
The Trembling of a LeafWilliam Somerset Maugham
The Lectern takes the familiar form of an eagle, and is of bronze.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of St. PaulArthur Dimock