lector

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Recent Examples of lector Borowski and his wife Katy are lectors at Our Lady of Divine Providence Parish and St. Casimir Church. Bill Glauber, Journal Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2023 Dillion was a regular at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church, a lector who read scripture at Mass, nola.com reported. Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2022 Lily Henry is an altar server, lector and teacher in the parish faith formation classes. cleveland, 30 Sep. 2022 The floor has a space where a lector, in the early 1900s, would read a variety of texts from classic literature to the daily newspaper to keep workers entertained while working. Jennifer Simonson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Aug. 2021 See All Example Sentences for lector

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“Lector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lector. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.

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