Lector

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A person who reads aloud certain of the scriptural passages used in a church service.
  • n. A public lecturer or reader in certain universities.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A lay person who reads aloud certain religious texts in a church service
  • n. A public lecturer or reader at some universities
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A reader of lections; formerly, a person designated to read lessons to the illiterate.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a public lecturer at certain universities
  • n. someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    pedagog    pedagogue    educator    clergyman    order   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Hector    Rector    Schechter    collector    connecter   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    lection    cret    desprecio    no    prudentiam