Noun:

भाषण-मंच, ज्ञानतीठ,

lectern's Usage Examples:

According to Sarum and Bangor, the thurible, as well as the lights, attended the Gospel to the lectern.

In the Byzantine and early Romanesque periods it was an essential part of church furniture; but during the middle ages it was gradually superseded in the Western Church by the pulpit and lectern.

An old oak lectern, dating from the middle of the 15th century, carries a chained copy, in a Tudor binding of brass, of Dean Comber's (1655-99) book on the Common Prayer, and a black-letter copy of Erasmus's Paraphrase of the Gospels.

Gabriel leaned against the lectern.

St Mary's contains a Norman font, an ancient brass lectern, buried during the Civil Wars, and some interesting heraldic ornaments which date from the 15th century.

Jewel's works were published in a folio in 1609 under the direction of Bancroft, who ordered the Apology to be placed in churches, in some of which it may still be seen chained to the lectern; other editions appeared at Oxford (1848, 8 vols.) and Cambridge (Parker Soc., 4 vols.).

Gabe strode to the lectern and watched the words of the Present being written across the pages.

The room of the Sanctuary where he materialized consisted of nothing more than a lectern holding a massive book possessed by a long-dead Oracle.

He tapped the lectern on which the Oracle was busy writing in her book.

He strode to the lectern where the massive book was perched.

Synonyms:

stand, reading desk,

Antonyms:

sit down, forbid, disallow,