Lectors

[lek-ter]

Origin

noun

a lecturer in a college or university.

Roman Catholic Church.

a member of the next to lowest-ranking of the minor orders.

the order itself. Compare acolyte (def. 2), exorcist (def. 2), ostiary (def. 1).

Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English < Latin: a reader, equivalent to leg(ere) to read + -tor -tor

Related forms

lec·tor·ate

[lek-ter-it, -tuh-reyt] , lec·tor·ship, noun

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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

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Word Origin & History

lector

late 15c., from L. lector "reader," agent noun from legere "to read" (see lecture).

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