lector

/ˈlɛkɾər/
/ˈlɛktə/
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Other forms: lectors

Definitions of lector
  1. noun
    someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church
    synonyms: reader
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    type of:
    clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend
    a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of a Christian church
    Holy Order, Order
    (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy
  2. noun
    a public lecturer at certain universities
    synonyms: lecturer, reader
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    type of:
    educator, pedagog, pedagogue
    someone who educates young people
Pronunciation
US
/ˈlɛkɾər/
UK
/ˈlɛktə/
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