Definition of vassal. 1 : a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant.
lecternnoun [ C ] uk â /Ëlek.tÉn/ us â /Ëlek.tÉËn/. âº a piece of furniture with a sloping part on which a book or paper is put to be read from. (Definition of âlecternâ from the Cambridge Advanced Learnerâs Dictionary & Thesaurus Â© Cambridge University Press)
Also known as Hansenâs disease, leprosy is a skin infection caused by a mycobacterium. Leprosy was at one-time incurable and lepers were segregated into colonies; today the infection is readily cured â itâs just a matter of reaching victims of the disease and fighting the social taboos surrounding it.