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A lesson or selection, esp. of Scripture, read in divine service.

A book, or a list, of lections, for reading in divine service.

portion of a group of moldings which projects beyond the general surface of a panel; a bolection.

A projecting molding round a panel. Same as Bilection. Gwilt.

An election held by itself, not at the time of a general election.

See Circumflexion.

The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens.

f or pertaining to collecting. The first twenty-five [years] must have been wasted for collectional purposes. H. A. Merewether.

bending, esp. downward; deviation. The other leads to the same point, through certain deflections. Lowth.

The act of freeing from inflections. Earle.

To free from inflections. Deflectionized languages are said to be analytic. Earle.

Love; choice. [Obs.] T. Martin.

The act of choosing; choice; selection.

To make interest for a candidate at an election; to use arts for securing the election of a candidate. A master of the whole art of electioneering. Macaulay.

One who electioneers.

See Emplecton.

The variation of words by declension, comparison, or conjugation; inflection.

Capable of, or pertaining to, flection or inflection. A flectional word is a phrase in the bud. Earle.

The act of bending the knee, particularly in worship. Bp. Stillingfleet.

A slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as, the rising and the falling inflection.