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lectorate

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lec⋅tor

  [lek-ter]
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–noun
1. a lecturer in a college or university.
2. Roman Catholic Church.
a. a member of the next to lowest-ranking of the minor orders.
b. the order itself. Compare acolyte (def. 2), exorcist (def. 2), ostiary (def. 1).
Origin:
1425–75; late ME < L: a reader, equiv. 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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