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.
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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
Word Usage
"Being a lector is a unique experience; it feels nothing like reading poems, my own or anyone else's, to an audience."