LECTOR


Meaning of LECTOR in English

— lectorate /lek"teuhr it, -teuh rayt'/ , lectorship , n.

/lek"teuhr/ , n.

1. a lecturer in a college or university.

2. Rom. Cath. Ch.

a. a member of the next to lowest-ranking of the minor orders.

b. the order itself. Cf. acolyte (def. 2), exorcist (def. 2), ostiary (def. 1).

[ 1425-75; late ME leg ( ere ) to read + -tor -TOR ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .