LECTICA, among the Romans, a litter or vehicle in which people were carried. The fella differed from the lectica, as being higher, and because people always sat in it; on which account the fella, from the time it was first brought into use, was esteemed the more honourable carriage of the two. The lectica was also used as a bier for carrying out the dead, who were dressed in habits suitable to their quality and sex.