Lecture

lek′tūr, n. a discourse on any subject, esp. a profe ional or tutorial discourse: an expository and discursive religious discourse, usually based on an extended pa age of Scripture rather than a single text: an endowed lectureship, as the Bampton, Hulsean, .: a formal reproof.— v.t. to instruct by discourses: to instruct authoritatively: to reprove.— v.i. to give a lecture or lectures.— ns. Lec′turer , one who lectures: one of a cla of preachers in the Church of England, chosen by the vestry and supported by voluntary contributions; Lec′tureship , the office of a lecturer. [See Lection .]