legilium

English

Etymology

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Noun

legilium

1. (rare) A folding lectern.
   • 2004, Samuel Wells, Improvisation: The Drama of Christian Ethics, Grand Rapids, M.I.: Brazos Press, →ISBN, page 91:

     A friend once went into an ecclesiastical furnishings outlet. "I'm looking for one of those collapsible lecterns that you can fold away after the service," he said. "I think you'll find our lecterns don't collapse, sir: it will be a legilium you'll be looking for," came the reply.

   • 2008, Benjamin Gordon-Taylor, Simon Jones, Celebrating Christ's Appearing: Advent to Candlemas, London: SPCK, →ISBN, page 99:

     In some churches it may be possible to place it next to the lectern or legilium, so that the light of the risen Christ illuminates the reading of the Word of God.

   • 2011 November 16, View From Dorchester, number 263, page 16:

     Beautifully designed and equally beautifully executed, these amazing items - a super frontal and frontal altar cloth, burse, stole, veil, gospel marker, and legilium hanging - are now on show in the church for visitors and church-goers alike to wonder at and admire.

   • 2019 November 22, Glyn Paflin, “Newman will help us on common faith, FiF hears”, in Church Times‎^[1], image caption, archived from the original on 2023-05-10:

     Sister Carol Elizabeth SSM at the legilium during the solemn eucharist

   • 2022 October 26, Alec Mitchell, quotee, “Rishi Sunak's competence is what matters – not his race”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎^[2] (Letters), London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-11-14:

     In view of the rapid turnover of prime ministers, would it not help the economy if they stopped commissioning personalised lecterns and were loaned a simple folding legilium instead? You can get new ones for about £250.