lector
A lay person who reads aloud certain religious texts in a church serviceA lay person who reads aloud certain religious texts in a church service.
Meaning
4 sensesA lay person who reads aloud certain religious texts in a church service.
someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church
A public lecturer or reader at some universities.
a public lecturer at certain universities
(US, historical)A person who reads aloud to workers to entertain them, appointed by a trade union.
A person doing voice-over translation of foreign films, especially in Eastern European countries.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From Middle English lector, lectoure, lectour, from Late Latin lēctor, from legō (“to readFrom Middle English lector, lectoure, lectour, from Late Latin lēctor, from legō (“to read”). “Voice-over” sense probably adapted from Polish lektor. Doublet of lecture and lecturer.
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