Antonyms for lector

Grammar : Noun

Spell : lek-ter

Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɛk tər

Definition of lector

Origin : late 14c., "reader, a cleric in one of the minor orders," from Late Latin lector "reader," agent noun from Latin legere "to read" (see lecture (n.)). Related: Lectorship.

As in orator : noun speaker
As in reader : noun one who makes a profession of reading aloud
As in lecturer : noun teacher
As in reader : noun person who reads

Example sentences :

During the meal a lector read to them the Idyls of Theocritus.
Extract from : « Quo Vadis » by Henryk Sienkiewicz

This may equally well have been Henry de Apeltre, the twelfth lector.
Extract from : « The Grey Friars in Oxford » by Andrew G. Little

He was certainly a Minorite in 1422, when he matriculated at Erfurt as lector Minorum.
Extract from : « The Grey Friars in Oxford » by Andrew G. Little

Already the voice of the lector was vibrating through the church.
Extract from : « Sinister Street, vol. 1 » by Compton Mackenzie

The Count begged the Lector not to sit long with the busy Minister.
Extract from : « Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) » by Jean Paul Friedrich Richter

Lector Booklund was standing at his desk with the whole pile in front of him.
Extract from : « The Soul of a Child » by Edwin Bjorkman

For the meaning of Lector, professor of theology, cf. Du Cange.
Extract from : « The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2) » by Anatole France

Sad enough, Lector, but beautiful for all that, beautiful as winter.
Extract from : « Prose Fancies (Second Series) » by Richard Le Gallienne

O my Lector, what a poor substitute is that for a certainty!
Extract from : « Prose Fancies (Second Series) » by Richard Le Gallienne

Bid the sub-chancellor send out to them Thomas the lector to read unto them from the 'Gesta beati Benedicti.'
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Synonyms for lector

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