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Lector   /lˈɛktər/   Listen
Lector

noun
1.
Someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church.  Synonym: reader.
2.
A public lecturer at certain universities.  Synonyms: lecturer, reader.






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"Lector" Quotes from Famous Books



... supellex; Et sic torva tuens, pedibus per mutua nexis, Sedit, lacte mero mentem mulcente tenellam. Et fors ad summos tandem venisset honores; Sed rapidi juvenes, queis gratior usus equorum, Subveniunt, siccoque vetant inolescere libro. Improbus hos Lector pueros, mentumque virili Laevius, et durae gravat inclementia Mortis: {149a} Agmen iners; queis mos aliena vivere quadra, {149b} Et lituo vexare viros, calcare caballos. Tales mane novo saepe admiramur euntes Torquibus in rigidis et pelle Libystidis ursae; Admiramur opus {149c} tunicae, ...
— Verses and Translations • C. S. C.

... Habes, benigne lector, catalogum librorum, eo ordine dispositum, quo in celeberrima Oxoniensi bibliotheca collocantur; opus diu multumque desideratum, et jam ...
— Notes and Queries, Number 67, February 8, 1851 • Various



Words linked to "Lector" :   order, pedagog, clergyman, lecturer, reverend, holy order, reader, pedagogue, educator, man of the cloth



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