lector

Example Sentences

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Caveat lector, especially if you’re a lector who wants to read only about the history of Microsoft: The subtitle is there to remind us that this book covers Bill Gates’ childhood, upbringing and secondary education.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2025

The ministries of lector and acolyte existed before but were officially reserved to men.

From Reuters • Jan. 23, 2022

Kubis, a lector at the church, texted others, encouraging their return.

From The Guardian • Jun. 7, 2020

He normally worships at the 5:30 Sunday service and occasionally serves as a lector, or reader of Scripture.

From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2018

I knew that voice; he was a lector in church.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie