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Noun: lector  lek-tu(r)
  1. Someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church
    "The lector's clear voice carried through the church as he read the scripture";
    - reader
     
  2. A public lecturer at certain universities
    "The visiting lector gave a series of talks on modern poetry";
    - lecturer

Derived forms: lectors

Type of: educator, Holy Order, Order, pedagog [US], pedagogue, reverend

Encyclopedia: Lector