from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun A person who reads aloud certain of the scriptural passages used in a church service.
noun A public lecturer or reader in certain universities.
from The Century Dictionary.
noun In the early church, an ecclesiastic in minor orders, appointed to read to the people parts of the Bible and other writings of a religious character.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun (Eccl.) A reader of lections; formerly, a person designated to read lessons to the illiterate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
noun A layperson who readsaloud certain religioustexts in a churchservice
noun A publiclecturer or reader at some universities
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun a public lecturer at certain universities
noun someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English, from Late Latin lēctor, from Latin, reader, from lēctus, past participle of legere, to read; see lecture.]
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Following the lector was the movie "Children of Glory" with English subtitles.
Caveat lector: Some Web sites say, incorrectly, that this book includes an essay by Jane Smiley (making you wonder if she was scheduled to appear in it but bailed out in favor of the more flattering lighting of Mr. Wrong).
Caveat lector: Some Web sites say, incorrectly, that this book includes an essay by Jane Smiley (making you wonder if she was scheduled to appear in it but bailed out in favor of the more flattering lighting of Mr. Wrong).
Caveat lector: Some Web sites say, incorrectly, that this book includes an essay by Jane Smiley (making you wonder if she was scheduled to appear in it but bailed out in favor of the more flattering lighting of Mr. Wrong).
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