lection

noun

1. a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
2. a portion of sacred writing read in a divine service; lesson; pericope.

noun

1. a variant reading of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text

n.1530s, from Old French lection, from Latin lectionem (nominative lectio), noun of action from past participle stem of legere “to read” (see lecture (n.)).