Definition for the word lesson

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A lesson or class is a structured period of time where learning is intended to occur.^{[citation needed]} It involves one or more students (also called pupils or learners in some circumstances) being taught by a teacher or instructor. A lesson may be either one section of a textbook (which, apart from the printed page, can also include multimedia) or, more frequently, a short period of time during which learners are taught about a particular subject or taught how to perform a particular activity. Lessons are generally taught in a classroom but may instead take place in a situated learning environment.

In a wider sense, a lesson is an insight gained by a learner into previously unfamiliar subject-matter. Such a lesson can be either planned or accidental, enjoyable or painful. The colloquial phrase «to teach someone a lesson», means to punish or scold a person for a mistake they have made in order to ensure that they do not make the same mistake again.^{[citation needed]}

Lessons can also be made entertaining. When the term education is combined with entertainment, the term edutainment is coined.

Types of lessons[edit]

The potential format and speaks to one or more people in the same room or space. This may be supplemented with gestures and tools. A lesson may range from a lecture, to a demonstration, to a discussion or a blend of some of these common presentation methods.

Some lessons may involve work by the student. Traditionally this might include reading and writing or creating something, perhaps when the instructor is not present. The student may work independently or collaborate with others.

More recent technologies have expanded the way a lesson can be delivered. For example: film strips, pre-recorded audio and video tapes, television programs and podcasts are some ways to deliver or add to a lesson. Distance education techniques such as video conferencing, or electronic learning in a virtual learning environment have allowed interactive lessons to be presented to students who may not be in the same physical location. These tools offer new synchronous, asynchronous and blended ways to deliver lessons.

Lesson plan[edit]

Teachers and instructors usually have a lesson plan which dictates the structure of the teaching. A group of lessons may be linked together in a unit plan, scheme, or work. The detail of the plan may vary with some being a simple list of what is going to be taught in a lesson with others working including much more detail, such as a time plan and the learning aims and objectives. Student teachers and beginning teachers are usually advised to put a great amount of detail into the written plan. This ensures that the plan will be cohesive, that all the components of a successful lesson are taken care of, and that one has a checklist to ensure that practicalities are taken care of (e.g., resources, scheduling, and classroom management considerations). Furthermore, beginning teachers are often advised to script some sections for themselves, such as questions they might ask the students in order to get a discussion going at the beginning of the lesson. The expectation is that the teachers can and should depart from the script when appropriate; improvisation is definitely encouraged and the fact of having written it out in advance ensures that an adequate amount of thought has been put into it ahead of time. Another reason for including a great amount of detail is that student teachers are often required to submit lesson plans in advance to their mentor teachers or professors in order to receive feedback on their ideas. When creating the lesson plan it is usual to look at the following:

The aims (the broader goals of the lesson, what it is reaching towards)
The objectives (the specific, measurable outcomes of the lesson – the particular skills or knowledge students should have acquired by its conclusion)
The number of attendees and the student-teacher ratio
The previous knowledge of the learners (which may or may not be the same for all) and how this will be activated at the start of the lesson
The motivation of the learners (school students, for example, have no choice but to attend so the teacher must build some kind of motivation into the lesson)
The time required for each section of teaching and learning
The resources required and available
Catering for the different needs (cultural differences, learning styles, special needs) of the individuals
How the lesson is to be evaluated

Etymology[edit]

The word lesson comes from Latin lectio «the action of reading (out)». From there, the word was also used for the text itself, very often a passage from the Bible read out during a religious service («first lesson», «second lesson»). Finally, any portion of a book to be studied was referred to as a lesson.

lesson

something to be learned; a class; a teaching: The lesson is to look before you leap.

Not to be confused with:

lessen – to cause to decrease; to belittle; to become less; reduce: The pain will lessen with time.

les·son

(lĕs′ən)

1. Something to be learned: lessons from observing nature.

a. A period of instruction; a class.

b. An assignment or exercise in which something is to be learned.

c. The act or an instance of instructing; teaching.

a. An experience, example, or observation that imparts new knowledge or understanding: The conversation was a lesson in tact.

b. The knowledge or wisdom so acquired. Missing the opening act taught me a lesson about being late.

4. often Lesson A reading from the Bible or other sacred text as part of a religious service.

tr.v. les·soned, les·son·ing, les·sons Archaic

1. To teach a lesson to; instruct.

2. To rebuke or reprimand.

[Middle English lessoun, from Old French leson, from Latin lēctiō, lēctiōn-, a reading, from lēctus, past participle of legere, to read; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

lesson

(ˈlɛsən)

1. (Education)

a. a unit, or single period of instruction in a subject; class: an hour-long music lesson.

b. the content of such a unit

2. (Education) material assigned for individual study

3. something from which useful knowledge or principles can be learned; example

4. the principles, knowledge, etc, gained

5. a reprimand or punishment intended to correct

6. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a portion of Scripture appointed to be read at divine service

(tr) rare to censure or punish

[C13: from Old French leçon, from Latin lēctiō, from legere to read]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

les•son

(ˈlɛs ən)
n.

1. a section into which a course of study is divided, esp. a single, continuous session of instruction: to take driving lessons.

2. a unit of a book, an exercise, etc., that is assigned to a student for study.

3. something to be learned or studied: the lessons of the past.

4. a useful piece of practical wisdom acquired by experience or study: The accident taught him a lesson.

5. an instructive example: Her faith should serve as a lesson to all of us.

6. a reproof or punishment intended to teach one better ways.

7. a portion of Scripture read at a divine service.

v.t.

8. to admonish or reprove.

[1175–1225; Middle English lesso(u)n < Old French leçon < Latin lēctiōnem, acc. of lēctiō; see lection]

lesson

Past participle: lessoned
Gerund: lessoning

Imperative
lesson
lesson

Present
I lesson
you lesson
he/she/it lessons
we lesson
you lesson
they lesson

Preterite
I lessoned
you lessoned
he/she/it lessoned
we lessoned
you lessoned
they lessoned

Present Continuous
I am lessoning
you are lessoning
he/she/it is lessoning
we are lessoning
you are lessoning
they are lessoning

Present Perfect
I have lessoned
you have lessoned
he/she/it has lessoned
we have lessoned
you have lessoned
they have lessoned

Past Continuous
I was lessoning
you were lessoning
he/she/it was lessoning
we were lessoning
you were lessoning
they were lessoning

Past Perfect
I had lessoned
you had lessoned
he/she/it had lessoned
we had lessoned
you had lessoned
they had lessoned

Future
I will lesson
you will lesson
he/she/it will lesson
we will lesson
you will lesson
they will lesson

Future Perfect
I will have lessoned
you will have lessoned
he/she/it will have lessoned
we will have lessoned
you will have lessoned
they will have lessoned

Future Continuous
I will be lessoning
you will be lessoning
he/she/it will be lessoning
we will be lessoning
you will be lessoning
they will be lessoning

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been lessoning
you have been lessoning
he/she/it has been lessoning
we have been lessoning
you have been lessoning
they have been lessoning

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been lessoning
you will have been lessoning
he/she/it will have been lessoning
we will have been lessoning
you will have been lessoning
they will have been lessoning

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been lessoning
you had been lessoning
he/she/it had been lessoning
we had been lessoning
you had been lessoning
they had been lessoning

Conditional
I would lesson
you would lesson
he/she/it would lesson
we would lesson
you would lesson
they would lesson

Past Conditional
I would have lessoned
you would have lessoned
he/she/it would have lessoned
we would have lessoned
you would have lessoned
they would have lessoned

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	lesson — a unit of instruction; «he took driving lessons» language lesson — a period of instruction learning a language course, course of instruction, course of study, class — education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; «he took a course in basket weaving»; «flirting is not unknown in college classes» teaching, pedagogy, instruction — the profession of a teacher; «he prepared for teaching while still in college»; «pedagogy is recognized as an important profession» dance lesson — a lesson in dancing music lesson — a lesson in performing music tennis lesson — a lesson in playing tennis golf lesson — a lesson in playing golf
	2.	lesson — punishment intended as a warning to others; «they decided to make an example of him» deterrent example, object lesson, example admonition, word of advice, monition, warning — cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness); «a letter of admonition about the dangers of immorality»; «the warning was to beware of surprises»; «his final word of advice was not to play with matches»
	3.	lesson — the significance of a story or event; «the moral of the story is to love thy neighbor» moral meaning, signification, import, significance — the message that is intended or expressed or signified; «what is the meaning of this sentence»; «the significance of a red traffic light»; «the signification of Chinese characters»; «the import of his announcement was ambiguous»
	4.	lesson — a task assigned for individual study; «he did the lesson for today» school assignment, schoolwork — a school task performed by a student to satisfy the teacher exercise, example — a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding; «you must work the examples at the end of each chapter in the textbook» reading assignment — the reading of a passage assigned by the teacher didactics, education, educational activity, instruction, pedagogy, teaching — the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill; «he received no formal education»; «our instruction was carefully programmed»; «good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded» history lesson — a lesson in the facts of history

lesson

noun

1. class, schooling, period, teaching, coaching, session, instruction, lecture, seminar, tutoring, tutorial She took piano lessons.

4. Bible reading, reading, text, Bible passage, Scripture passage The Rev. Nicola Judd read the lesson.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

lesson

noun

1. The principle taught by a fable or parable, for example:

2. An instance that warns or discourages prospective imitators:

Translations

دَرْسدَرْسٌفَصْل من الكتاب المُقَدَّس

lekcečteníhodina

timebibelafsnitlærestreglektie

leciono

درس

oppituntiläksyluentoopetus

पाठ

sat

leckelekciószentlecke

kafli úr ritningunnikennslustundlexía; lærdómur

授業

수업

documentum

evangelijos ištrauka

lasījumsmācībanodarbībastunda

učna ura

lektion

บทเรียน

виклад

bàibài học

Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

lesson

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

lesson

(ˈlesn) noun

1. something which is learned or taught. The lesson which we learned from the experience was never to trust anyone.

2. a period of teaching. during the French lesson.

3. a part of the Bible read in church. He was asked to read the lesson on Sunday morning.

lesson

→ دَرْسٌ lekce time Unterrichtsstunde μάθημα lección oppitunti leçon sat lezione 授業 수업 les undervisningstime lekcja lição урок lektion บทเรียน ders bài học 功课

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

lesson

n. lección, enseñanza, instrucción.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

Источник

Other forms: lessons

When a story has something to teach its reader, it has a lesson. The lessons of many folktales range from «always tell the truth» to «be brave» to «find a prince.»

There are different kinds of lessons, but they’re all meant to teach someone how to do something or some new information. In a French lesson, a teacher teaches you the French language, and in a sewing lesson, you’ll learn how to make something using fabric and a sewing machine. A typical day at school is one lesson after another. Originally, lesson had two meanings: «something learned by a student» and «a reading aloud from the Bible.»

Definitions of lesson

noun

the significance of a story or event
noun

a unit of instruction

“he took driving
lessons”
noun

a task assigned for individual study

“he did the
lesson for today”
noun

punishment intended as a warning to others

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Источник

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English lessoun, from Old French leçon, from Latin lēctiō, lēctiōnem (“a reading”), from legō (“I read, I gather”). Doublet of lection.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈlɛsn̩/
Homophone: lessen
Hyphenation: les‧son
Rhymes: -ɛsən

Verb[edit]

lesson (third-person singular simple present lessons, present participle lessoning, simple past and past participle lessoned)

(archaic) To instruct to teach.
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 107:
  
  And you, my sister—you, who lesson me on endurance, your cheek is pale, and your step languid; even with you, how much has life lost its interest!

Noun[edit]

lesson (plural lessons)

A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.

In our school a typical working week consists of around twenty lessons and ten hours of related laboratory work.
A learning task assigned to a student; homework.
Something learned or to be learned.

Nature has many lessons to teach to us.
Something that serves as a warning or encouragement.

I hope this accident taught you a lesson!

The accident was a good lesson to me.
A section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service.

Here endeth the first lesson.
A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke; warning.
- a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the page number)”, in Fulke Greville, Matthew Gwinne, and John Florio, editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC; republished in Albert Feuillerat, editor, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia (Cambridge English Classics: The Complete Works of Sir Philip Sidney; I), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1912, →OCLC:
  
  She would give her a lesson for walking so late.
- 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
  
  The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; […] . Now she had come to look upon the matter in its true proportions, and her anticipation of a possible chance of teaching him a lesson was a pleasure to behold.
(music) An exercise; a composition serving an educational purpose; a study.

Synonyms[edit]

lear
(religious reading): lection

Derived terms[edit]

life lesson
object lesson
teach someone a lesson

[edit]

lectern
lection
lecture

Translations[edit]

section of learning or teaching

Albanian: mësim (sq) m
Amharic: ትምህርት (təmhərt)
Arabic: دَرْس‎ (ar) m (dars)

Egyptian Arabic: درس‎ m (dars)

South Levantine Arabic: درس‎ m (dars)
Armenian: դաս (hy) (das)
Avar: дарс (dars)
Azerbaijani: dərs (az)
Baluchi: سبک‎ (sabak), سبق‎ (sabaq), درس‎ (dars)
Bashkir: дәрес (däres), (rare) һабаҡ (habaq)
Basque: ikasgai
Belarusian: уро́к (be) m (urók), ўрок m (ŭrok), ле́кцыя f (ljékcyja)
Bengali: শিক্ষা (bn) (śikkha), পাঠ (paṭh), সবক (bn) (sôbôk), দরস (bn) (dôrôs)
Breton: kentel (br) f
Bulgarian: уро́к (bg) m (urók), ле́кция (bg) f (lékcija)
Burmese: သင်ခန်းစာ (my) (sanghkan:ca)
Catalan: lliçó (ca) f
Chechen: дарс (dars)
Chinese:

Mandarin: 課業／课业 (zh) (kèyè), -課／-课 (zh) (-kè) (suffix)
Czech: lekce (cs) f, vyučovací hodina f
Dutch: les (nl) f
Esperanto: leciono
Estonian: õppetund
Finnish: oppitunti (fi), luento (fi)
French: leçon (fr) f
Friulian: lezion f, lizion f
Georgian: გაკვეთილი (gaḳvetili)
German: Lehrstunde (de) f, Stunde (de) f, Lektion (de) f, Unterricht (de) m
Greek: μάθημα (el) n (máthima)

Ancient: μάθημα n (máthēma)
Hawaiian: haʻawina
Hebrew: שיעור / שִׁעוּר‎ (he) m (shi’úr)
Hindi: पाठ (hi) m (pāṭh), सबक़ m (sabaq)
Hungarian: lecke (hu), óra (hu), tanóra (hu)
Icelandic: kennslustund f
Indonesian: pelajaran (id)
Interlingua: lection
Irish: ceacht m
Italian: lezione (it) f
Japanese: 授業 (ja) (じゅぎょう, jugyō), 学科 (ja) (がっか, gakka), 課 (ja) (-か, -ka) (suffix), レッスン (ja) (ressun)
Kalmyk: кичәл (kichäl)
Kazakh: сабақ (kk) (sabaq), дәріс (därıs)
Khmer: មេរៀន (mei riən)
Korean: 수업(授業) (ko) (sueop), 과(課) (ko) (gwa) (suffix)
Kurdish:

Central Kurdish: دەرس‎ (ckb) (ders)

Northern Kurdish: ders (ku)
Kyrgyz: сабак (ky) (sabak), дарыс (ky) (darıs)
Ladino: lisión
Lao: ບົດຮຽນ (lo) (bot hīan)
Latin: documentum n, auditio f
Latvian: mācība f, stunda f
Lithuanian: pamoka (lt) f
Luxembourgish: Stonn (lb) f, Lektioun f
Macedonian: лекција f (lekcija)
Malay: pengajaran, pelajaran
Malayalam: പാഠം (ml) (pāṭhaṃ), അദ്ധ്യായം (ml) (addhyāyaṃ)
Maltese: lezzjoni f
Manx: lessoon m
Maori: akoranga, whakaakoranga
Mongolian:

Cyrillic: хичээл (mn) (xičeel)
Ngazidja Comorian: darasa class 9/10
Norman: léçon f (Jersey), leçaon f (Guernsey)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: undervisningstime m

Nynorsk: undervisingstime m
Occitan: leiçon (oc) f, lecçon f
Oromo: barumsa
Pashto: درس‎ (ps) m (dars), لوست‎ m (lwəst), سبق‎ (ps) m (sabáq)
Persian: درس‎ (fa) (dars)
Plautdietsch: Oppgow f
Polish: lekcja (pl) f
Portuguese: lição (pt) f
Romanian: lecție (ro) f
Russian: уро́к (ru) m (urók), ле́кция (ru) f (lékcija) (lecture)
Sanskrit: पाठ (sa) m (pāṭha)
Scottish Gaelic: leasan m
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: лѐкција f

Roman: lèkcija (sh) f
Slovak: lekcia f
Slovene: lekcija f
Spanish: lección (es) f
Swahili: funzo (sw)
Swedish: lektion (sv) c
Tabasaran: дарс (dars)
Tajik: дарс (tg) (dars)
Tatar: дәрес (tt) (däres), гыйбрәт (tt) (ğıybrät)
Telugu: పాఠం (te) (pāṭhaṁ)
Thai: บทเรียน (th) (bòt-riian)
Tibetan: སློབ་ཚན (slob tshan)
Tigrinya: ትምህርቲ (təmhərti)
Tok Pisin: leson
Turkish: ders (tr), çimke (tr), sebak
Turkmen: sapak, ders
Tuvan: кичээл (kiçeel)
Ukrainian: уро́к m (urók), ле́кція f (lékcija)
Urdu: درس‎ (dars), سبق‎ m (sabaq)
Uyghur: دەرس‎ (ders)
Uzbek: dars (uz), saboq (uz)
Vietnamese: bài (vi), bài học (vi)
Volapük: lärnod (vo)
Welsh: gwers (cy) f
White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
Yiddish: אויפֿגאַבע‎ f (oyfgabe), לעקציע‎ f (lektsye)
Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

learning task assigned to a student

Armenian: դաս (hy) (das)
Bashkir: дәрес (däres), (homework) өйгә эш (öygä eş)
Bengali: সবক (bn) (sôbôk)
Danish: lektie c
Finnish: läksy (fi), kotitehtävä (fi), tehtävä (fi)
French: devoirs (fr) m pl
German: Schularbeit (de) f, Hausaufgabe (de) f
Greek: μαθήματα (el) n pl (mathímata), εργασία (el) f (ergasía), άσκηση (el) f (áskisi)
Hawaiian: haʻawina
Hebrew: יעורים / שִׁעוּרִים‎ m (shi’urím)
Hindi: पाठ (hi) m (pāṭh)
Hungarian: lecke (hu), házi feladat (hu)
Irish: ceacht m
Kalmyk: кичәл (kichäl)
Korean: 과(課) (ko) (gwa)
Kurdish:

Central Kurdish: دەرس‎ (ckb) (ders)
Malayalam: പാഠം (ml) (pāṭhaṃ)
Manx: lessoon m
Maori: akoranga
Norwegian:

Bokmål: lekse f or m

Nynorsk: lekse f
Persian: تکلیف‎ (fa) (taklif)
Plautdietsch: Oppgow f
Portuguese: lição (pt) f, tarefa (pt) f
Russian: уро́к (ru) m (urók)
Scottish Gaelic: leasan m
Swahili: somo (sw)
Swedish: läxa (sv) c
Telugu: పాఠం (te) (pāṭhaṁ)
Tuvan: кичээл (kiçeel)

something learned

Arabic: دَرْس‎ (ar) m (dars)
Armenian: դաս (hy) (das)
Bashkir: һабаҡ (habaq)
Bengali: সবক (bn) (sôbôk)
Bulgarian: урок (bg) m (urok)
Czech: ponaučení
Finnish: opetus (fi)
French: leçon (fr) f
German: Lehre (de) f
Greek: δίδαγμα (el) n (dídagma), μάθημα (el) n (máthima)
Hebrew: מוסר השכל‎ (he) m (musar haskel), לֶקַח‎ (he) m (lékakh)
Irish: ceacht m
Korean: 수업 (ko) (sueop)
Kurdish:

Central Kurdish: دەرس‎ (ckb) (ders)
Latin: documentum n, auditio f
Luxembourgish: Léier f
Malayalam: പാഠം (ml) (pāṭhaṃ)
Manx: lessoon m
Maori: akoranga
Mongolian:

Cyrillic: сургамж (mn) (surgamž)
Polish: lekcja (pl) f
Portuguese: lição (pt)
Romanian: lecție (ro)
Russian: уро́к (ru) m (urók)
Scottish Gaelic: leasan m
Spanish: lección (es) f
Swahili: funzo (sw)
Swedish: läxa (sv) c
Tuvan: кичээл (kiçeel)
Vietnamese: bài học (vi)
Volapük: lärnod (vo)

something that serves as a warning or encouragement

Arabic: عِبْرَة‎ (ar) f (ʕibra)
Armenian: դաս (hy) (das)
Azerbaijani: ibrət
Basque: eskarmentu
Bulgarian: поука (bg) f (pouka)
Czech: ponaučení
Finnish: läksy (fi), opetus (fi)
French: leçon (fr) f
German: Lehre (de) f
Greek: μάθημα (el) n (máthima)
Hebrew: לֶקַח‎ (he) m (lékakh)
Hungarian: tanulság (hu)
Korean: 교훈(敎訓) (ko) (gyohun)
Kurdish:

Central Kurdish: دەرس‎ (ckb) (ders)
Latin: documentum n, auditio
Luxembourgish: Léier f
Malayalam: പാഠം (ml) (pāṭhaṃ)
Manx: lessoon m
Maori: iro (an unpleasant experience)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: lærepenge m

Nynorsk: lærepenge m
Portuguese: lição (pt) f
Romanian: lecție (ro)
Russian: уро́к (ru) m (urók)
Scottish Gaelic: leasan m
Swahili: funzo (sw)
Swedish: läxa (sv) c
Turkish: ibret (tr)
Vietnamese: bài học (vi)

section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service

Esperanto: legaĵo
Finnish: sana (fi)
French: lecture (fr) f
Hungarian: szentlecke
Irish: ceacht m
Latin: lectio f
Maori: tuhinga
Polish: czytanie (pl) n, lekcja (pl) f
Portuguese: lição (pt) f
Spanish: lección (es) f
Swahili: funzo (sw)

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lesson (third-person singular simple present lessons, present participle lessoning, simple past and past participle lessoned)

To give a lesson to; to teach.
- 1812, Lord Byron, “Canto II”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. A Romaunt, London: Printed for John Murray, […]; William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and John Cumming, Dublin; by Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, stanza LXVIII:
  
  To rest the weary, and to soothe the sad,
  Doth lesson happier men, and shame at least the bad.

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Elsons, Slones, no less, nosels, nosles, solens

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