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LECTOR
lector, lecturer, reader
(noun) a public lecturer at certain universities
lector, reader
(noun) someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
lector (plural lectors)
A lay person who reads aloud certain religious texts in a church service.
A public lecturer or reader at some universities.
(historical, US, cigar industry) A person who reads aloud to workers to entertain them, appointed by a trade union.
Anagrams
• Colter, colter
Source: Wiktionary
Lec"tor, n. Etym: [L. See Lection.] (Eccl.)
Definition: A reader of lections; formerly, a person designated to read lessons to the illiterate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DOOMED
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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