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单词 lector
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lectorn.

Brit. /ˈlɛktɔː/, /ˈlɛktə/, U.S. /ˈlɛktər/, /ˈlɛkˌtɔr/
Forms: Also 1500s lectour.
Etymology: < Latin lector reader, agent-noun < legĕre, lect- to read. Compare French lecteur.
1. Christian Church. An ecclesiastic belonging to one of the minor orders, whose duty originally consisted in reading the ‘lessons’.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > person in minor orders > lector > [noun]
readerOE
lister1377
lector1483
lecturer1570
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 201/2 Julyan..entrid in to relygyon..and semed to be holy and was made lector.
1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 106 Four inferiours, to wit, the order of ostiars, lectors, Exorcists and Acolyts.
1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies iv. iv. 19 A lectors publike reading of Scripture in the Church upon the Sabbath day.
1847 Ld. Lindsay Sketches Hist. Christian Art I. p. clxxix The custom was that the lector should not begin to read till the bishop nodded to him.
1856 J. H. Newman Callista 263 The Lector, a man of venerable age, taking the roll called Lectionarium, and proceeding to the pulpit, read the Prophets to the people.
1885 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. (ed. 3) 381/1 The singing of the Gospel was not always reserved to the deacon..and..the lector still recites the Gospel in the Greek Mass.
2. A reader; chiefly spec. a ‘reader’ or lecturer in a college or university (now historical and with reference to foreign use, e.g. that of Germany).
ΘΚΠ
society > education > teaching > teacher > university or college teacher > [noun] > lecturer
lector?1566
praelector1586
lecturer1615
lecturess1825
?1566–7 G. Buchanan Opinion Reformation Univ. St. Andros in Vernacular Writings (1892) 7 Wagis of the Personis..The public lectour ane hundreth markis.
?1566–7 G. Buchanan Opinion Reformation Univ. St. Andros in Vernacular Writings (1892) 6 Personis. The Principal. Ane Lectour Publik. Vj Regentis.
1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Lecturer, or Lectour, a publick Professour, a Reader of Lectures.
1708 London Gaz. No. 4406/1 Cardinal Carpegna, First Lector of the French College of Theatins.
1889 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 331 Vincent de Beauvais was lector or Librarian to St. Louis.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right III. xlii. 259 Handing in the depositions..he desired us to read for ourselves. I was chosen lector.

Derivatives

ˈlectoress n. Obsolete a female instructor.
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society > education > teaching > teacher > [noun] > female
teacheressa1382
doctricea1475
instructrice?1529
doctress1549
doctrix1604
instructress1608
doctoress1626
lectoress1634
introductress1657
preceptress1712
educatress1800
1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 270 Now after she hath..bin threescore yeares a Lectoresse in vice [Fr. a enseigné soixante ans le vice].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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