lector

Speech parts

1. lector - Noun

2. lector - Verb

Meaning

A reader of lections; formerly, a person designated to read lessons to the illiterate.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

lecturer reader barker beadle professor speaker priest ambassador docent agent agency scholar advocate narrator anthology

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Antonyms

parson priest audience divine pupil listener

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Hypernyms

reverend order clergyman educator pedagogue pedagog

Anagrams

colter Cotler

Examples

In 1276 he is attested as being lector at the Dominican convent in his native Treviso, a post he was still holding in 1280. Source: Internet

He served as lector for fourteen years, from 1268 to 1282, according to Bernardus Guidonis. Source: Internet

In February, 1282, he is found at Genoa, again as lector. Source: Internet

In 1482, instead of returning to Bologna to resume his studies, Savonarola was assigned as lector, or teacher, in the Convent of San Marco in Florence. Source: Internet

Born in Waterbury, Mr. Walsh is an extraordinary minister of holy Communion, lector, altar server and teacher in religious education programs. Source: Internet

Can you even picture Silence of the Lambs without Hannibal Lector? Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

lectisternium lectological lectology lectorate lectorial lectorship