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lec·tor
(lĕk′tər)n.
1. A person who reads aloud certain of the scriptural passages used in a church service.
2. A public lecturer or reader in certain universities.
[Middle English, from Late Latin lēctor, from Latin, reader, from lēctus, past participle of legere, to read; see lecture.]
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lector
(ˈlɛktɔː)n
1. (Professions) a lecturer or reader in certain universities
2. (Ecclesiastical Terms) RC Church
a. a person appointed to read lessons at certain services
b. (in convents or monastic establishments) a member of the community appointed to read aloud during meals
[C15: from Latin, from legere to read]
lectorate, ˈlectorˌship n
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lec•tor
(ˈlɛk tər)n.
a lecturer in a college or university.
[1425–75; < Latin: a reader <leg(ere) to read]
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| Noun | 1. | lector - someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend - a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church Holy Order, Order - (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy; "theologians still disagree over whether `bishop' should or should not be a separate Order" |
| 2. |  lector - a public lecturer at certain universities |
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lector
n (Univ: = foreign language assistant) → Lektor(in) m(f)
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