lector
One who recites aloud
A lector is a person who reads aloud, especially in a religious context—the church member who reads scripture passages during services.
In Catholic tradition, lector is a formal ministry.
The word also appears in academic settings for certain teaching positions, particularly in European universities.
Historically, lectors read aloud to workers in cigar factories to pass the time.
One who peruses text
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- pulpitChurch speaking platform
- scriptureSacred religious writings
- gospelSacred choral tradition
epistle · Mass · proclamation · ambo · chanting · vestments · altar · congregation
Institutional dining room
- monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling
- conventReligious sisters' dwelling
- mealtimeDesignated eating period
- readingInterpreting written text
recitation · scriptorium · abbot · friar · monk · nun · cloister · rule
Senior university teacher
- seminarGroup discussion for learning
- universityHigher education institution
- podiumRaised platform for speakers
- classroomEducational instruction space
curriculum · syllabus · thesis · research · doctorate · faculty · pedagogy · instruction
reader
One who peruses text
gospel · epistle · Mass · proclamation · ambo · chanting · vestments · altar · congregation · cathedral
refectory
Institutional dining room
- monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling
- conventReligious sisters' dwelling
- mealtimeDesignated eating period
reading · recitation · scriptorium · abbot · friar · monk · nun · cloister · rule · benedictine
professor
Senior university teacher
- seminarGroup discussion for learning
- universityHigher education institution
- podiumRaised platform for speakers
classroom · curriculum · syllabus · thesis · research · doctorate · faculty · pedagogy · instruction · tutorial
- Catholic ChurchVatican, papacy, cardinals, popes, papal
- ceremony participantsofficiant, celebrant, best man, maid of honor, bridesmaid
- Old Jobsblacksmith, farrier, wheelwright, chandler, apothecary
- readersreader, bookworm, bibliophile, book lover, voracious reader
- Catholic parishparishioner, rectory, parish council, parish hall, pew
- church helpersacolyte, altar boy, altar server, server, sacristan
- lecture notesWritten record of teaching
- lecture hallRoom for academic presentations
- lecture theatresTiered rooms for presentations
- lecture seriesScheduled sequence of presentations
- lecture schedulesPlans showing class times
- lecture theaterRoom for academic presentations
select, lecture, lecturer, lecturing, lectern, lecturers, lecture hall, lectureship, lectionary