Home › Words › L › lectorlector/ˈlɛktə(ɹ)/lector means A lay person who reads aloud certain religious texts in a church service.lector is pronounced /ˈlɛktə(ɹ)/.EtymologyFrom Middle English lector, lectoure, lectour, from Late Latin lēctor, from legō (“to read”). “Voice-over” sense probably adapted from Polish lektor. Doublet of lecture and lecturer.nounA lay person who reads aloud certain religious texts in a church service.A public lecturer or reader at some universities.A person who reads aloud to workers to entertain them, appointed by a trade union.A person doing voice-over translation of foreign films, especially in Eastern European countries.verbTo perform service as a lector in a religious context.To do a voice-over translation of a film.e.g.“How much of Colbert's political satire can be truly grasped by a Hungarian viewer of a lectored episode is slightly beside the point: something gets through.” — 2011, David Bellos, chapter 12, in Is that a Fish in Your Ear?:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.prelector 72% match — Someone who reads lectures or discourses; a lecturer. vs lector →lectorship 69% match — The role or post of a lector. vs lector →lectern 69% match — A stand with a slanted top used to support a Bible from which passages are read during a church service. vs lector →anagnost 66% match — Someone who reads aloud, especially who reads lessons, passages etc. during a church service. vs lector →lection 65% match — The act of reading. vs lector →lectional 64% match — Of or relating to a lection. vs lector →lectionary 62% match — A book or listing that contains a collection of scripture readings appointed for Christian or Jewish worship on a given day or occasion. vs lector →liturge 61% match — A leader in public worship. vs lector →