A choir desk, or reading desk, in some churches, from
which the lections, or Scripture lessons, are chanted or read; hence, a
reading desk. [Written also lectern and lettern.]
1. (O. Eng. Law) The eighth day after any term or feast; the octave; as, the utas of St. Michael. Cowell. The marriage was celebrated and Canterbury, and in the utas of St. Hilary next ensuing she was crowned. H...
