First Reader

American  

noun

Christian Science.

1. the elected official of a church or society who conducts the services and meetings and reads from the writings of Mary Baker Eddy and the Scriptures.

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Etymology

Origin of First Reader

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

We are each other’s first reader, and editor, and while of course I feel attacked if Neal suggests even the tiniest change to my deathless prose, I have come to understand that his suggested cuts and additions save me from myself.

From Los Angeles Times

Baz Ellenbogen, who hadn’t made it through the first reader under Miss Myrt some years back, was the grave digger.

From Literature

Little Britches, Glenn, and Charlie were in the first reader.

From Literature

My first reader, then, apart from my parents.

From The Wall Street Journal

I’m not the first reader to have been struck by the passage—and by the fact that a senator of the president’s party was left guessing, just like everyone else.

From Slate