Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Lection

Lection , noun

[Latin lectio, from legere, lectum, to read. See lesson, Legend.]

1.
(Ecclesiastical) A lesson or selection, especially of Scripture, read in divine service.
2.
A reading; a variation in the text.
We ourselves are offended by the obtrusion of the new lections into the text. — De Quincey