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Lection vs Rection - What's the difference?

lection | rection |

As nouns the difference between lection and rection

is that lection is (obsolete) the act of reading while rection is (grammar) regimen; government.

lection

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) The act of reading.
  • (ecclesiastical) A reading of a religious text; a lesson to be read in church etc.
  • * 1885', This man [...] came to dwell in our city, and here founded this holy house, and he hath edified us by his litanies and his '''lections of the Koran — Sir Richard Burton, ''The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night , Night 13

    • Synonyms

    * (a religious reading) lesson

    Related terms

    * lectern * lecture * lector * lesson ----

    rection

    English

    Noun

  • (grammar) regimen; government
    • (Gibbs)
    (Webster 1913)