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Harris and Trump, who will stand behind lecterns, are not allowed to bring props or prewritten notes.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2024

The two leaders gave opening remarks from lecterns on opposite sides of the stage.

From Reuters • Nov. 18, 2023

There are lecterns on each level connected by a staircase with ornate details which were all crafted by hand.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2022

The boxy dark blue and dark paneled lecterns — there are many — are a symbol of the modern presidency.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 11, 2022

His notes are profusely decorated with a rich array of rood screens, finial crockets, lavatories, aumbries, lecterns, lych sheds, albs, stoups, sedilia, credence tables, pixes, hagioscopes, baudekyns, and squenches.

From The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author by Burton, John Hill