Sentence:  In the autumn he was to return home; his family - composed, as Rowland knew, of a father, who was a cashier in a bank, and five unmarried sisters, one of whom gave <WSD>lyceum</WSD> lectures on woman's rights, the whole resident at Buffalo, N.Y. - had been writing him peremptory letters and appealing to him as son, brother and fellow-citizen. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A public hall designed for lectures, readings, or concerts.