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lec·tor (lek′tər)

noun

  1. a person who reads the Scripture lessons in a church service
  2. Eccles. one of the four minor orders, the special function of which is to read the Scriptures (except the Gospel) at worship services
  3. a college or university lecturer, esp. in Europe

Etymology: LME < L, reader (in ML(Ec), church officer) < lectus: see lectern

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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