: a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker
especially
: one from which scripture lessons are read in a church service
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On a windswept waterfront lot in West Palm Beach last April, billionaire real estate developer Stephen Ross stood behind a lectern to tout his company’s new South Flagler House, a high-end, luxury condominium project with 108 units housed in two 28-story towers.
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David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2025
This is a great job, an amazing opportunity to be standing at this podium, behind this lectern, to go back and forth with all of you and, and speak on behalf of this president, the president of the United States.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Close to 100 people crowded behind the lectern for the Thursday press conference.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2025
Attendees who made it inside the Rotunda and were seated directly behind the lectern included Trump’s Cabinet nominees and senior officials, former presidents and vice presidents, GOP donors and tech industry leaders like Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and Sundar Pichai.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 20 Jan. 2025
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David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2025
This is a great job, an amazing opportunity to be standing at this podium, behind this lectern, to go back and forth with all of you and, and speak on behalf of this president, the president of the United States.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Close to 100 people crowded behind the lectern for the Thursday press conference.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2025
Attendees who made it inside the Rotunda and were seated directly behind the lectern included Trump’s Cabinet nominees and senior officials, former presidents and vice presidents, GOP donors and tech industry leaders like Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and Sundar Pichai.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Lectern.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lectern. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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lectern
noun
lec·tern
ˈlek-tərn 
: a desk to read from while standing
especially
: one from which scripture lessons are read in a church service
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