lector (redirected from lectors)

lec·tor  (lktr)

n.

1. A person who reads aloud certain of the scriptural passages used in a church service.

2. A public lecturer or reader in certain universities.

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[Middle English, from Late Latin lctor, from Latin, reader, from lctus, past participle of legere, to read; see lecture.]

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lector [ˈlɛktɔː]

n

1. (Business / Professions) a lecturer or reader in certain universities

2. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) RC Church

a.  a person appointed to read lessons at certain services

b.  (in convents or monastic establishments) a member of the community appointed to read aloud during meals

[from Latin, from legere to read]

lectorate  [ˈlɛktərɪt], lectorship n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	lector - someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church reader clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend - a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church Holy Order, Order - (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy; "theologians still disagree over whether `bishop' should or should not be a separate Order"
	2.	lector - a public lecturer at certain universities lecturer, reader educator, pedagog, pedagogue - someone who educates young people

Translations

lector [ˈlektɔːʳ] N (Univ) → profesor(a) m/f de universidad

lector

n (Univ: = foreign language assistant) → Lektor(in) m(f)