A lecture read at regular or stated times; spec. a regular reading from the Bible as an observance within a household. Obsolete.

A discourse given before an audience upon a given subject, usually for the purpose of instruction. (The regular name for discourses or instruction…

A public lecture, talk, or reading; esp. a college or university lecture given to students; such a lecture in written form.

A professional or tutorial lecture. Obsolete. rare.

= lecture, n. 4a. (See also quot. 1900.)

A lecture delivered to an audience at another location via electronic means, as television, a satellite link-up, or a telephone line with voice…