lector
Americannoun
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a lecturer in a college or university.
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Roman Catholic Church.
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a member of the next to lowest-ranking of the minor orders.
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the order itself.
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noun
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a lecturer or reader in certain universities
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RC Church
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a person appointed to read lessons at certain services
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(in convents or monastic establishments) a member of the community appointed to read aloud during meals
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Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of lector
1425–75; late Middle English < Latin: a reader, equivalent to leg ( ere ) to read + -tor -tor
Example Sentences
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Francis gave a bible to each lector and a crucifix to each catechist.
From Reuters • Jan. 23, 2022
Kubis, a lector at the church, texted others, encouraging their return.
From The Guardian • Jun. 7, 2020
Anna in the Tropics A lector reads Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina” to immigrant workers in a cigar-rolling factory in 1920s Florida in Open Fist Theatre’s staging of Nilo Cruz’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2019
And Paul Pekarek, a lifelong member at St. John’s, now sometimes serves as lector at Saints Peter and Paul.
From Washington Times • May 20, 2017
I knew that voice; he was a lector in church.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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