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lecturer
  1. A person who gives lectures, especially as a profession.
  2. A member of a university or college below the rank of assistant professor or reader.
  3. (dated) A member of the Church of England clergy whose main task was to deliver sermons (lectures) in the afternoons and evenings.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “The young men, being young, necessarily listen to the lecturer in history, just as they do to the singing of a bird.”
      “He was actively involved in teaching and was an honorary senior lecturer at Birmingham.”
      “Our equine medicine lecturer summed it up well when talking about juvenile warts in foals.”
lector
  1. A lay person who reads aloud certain religious texts in a church service.
  2. A public lecturer or reader at some universities.
  3. (historical, US, cigar industry) A person who reads aloud to workers to entertain them, appointed by a trade union.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “Around the year 1271 he served as lector in the Dominican convent at Freiberg in Saxony.”
      “I cannot understand why they did not employ at least a German and a French lector to check this book.”
      “Further, if a suitable lector is not present, then the priest celebrant also delivers the other readings.”
lecture
  1. A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.
  2. A berating or scolding.
  3. (obsolete) The act of reading.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “A man wearing a long black coat appeared on the platform at the end of the hall and delivered a long lecture about Thomas Edison and his inventions.”
      “Peter was all too happy to stand there and listen to her lecture about how terrible he was for doing what he did, and that he should really be ashamed of himself.”
lectureship
  1. A position as a lecturer.
  2. A series of lectures, possibly by different lecturers, on a common theme.
  3. Something that provides for lectures to be presented.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “We are in the process of putting our sold-out lectureship books online here.”
      “The lectureship is supported by funds derived from the Society's Lynn W. Day Endowment for Publications in Forest History.”
      “Here is a case study of a Bristol researcher who secured one such lectureship here at Bristol.”
lectern
  1. A stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service.
  2. A similar stand to support a lecturer's notes.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “So Jake pulled a piece of paper from his pocket, placed it in front of him on the lectern, straightened his tie, and coughed nervously.”
      “One of the most important aspects of a room intended for AV based presentation or instruction is the lectern or presentation millwork.”
      “The seated figures are compact in scale, their chairs and lectern angled and their attributes foreshortened.”
lecturing
  1. The act of delivering a lecture or harangue.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “His lecturing at the town hall meeting left everyone feeling criticized and demoralized.”
lecturess
lecturership
  1. The rank or position of lecturer.
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lectress
  1. (dated) A female lector.
lectorship
  1. The role or post of a lector.
lectour
  1. Obsolete form of lector.
lecturerships
lectureships
  1. plural of lectureship
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Five annual lectureships are held which focus on specific areas or subspecialties of general surgery.”
      “The Seminary has a series of lectureships provided for students and the local community.”
      “Annual presentations of the popular memorial lectureships celebrate the legacy of these fine physicians.”
lectorships
  1. plural of lectorship
lecturn
  1. Obsolete form of lectern.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The bronze eagle lecturn was swiped during a break-in at All Saints Church, Gravelly Hill, Erdington.”
      “Stiff drinks had already been ordered from the bar before what became an inevitable result filtered through from Mr Blatter's lecturn.”
      “Schapiro had just finished his lecture on Phase I of modernism in painting, and I went up to the lecturn and waited to speak.”
lecturings
lecturesses
  1. plural of lecturess
lecturers
  1. plural of lecturer
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The lecturers were theistic evolutionists and the possibility of Creation in six days was not presented as a serious option.”
      “A small group of lecturers and researchers heard why I believe in Creation.”
      “Many of today's first-year classes are taught by lab instructors or lecturers.”
lectresses
  1. plural of lectress
lectours
  1. plural of lectour
lectures
lecterns
lecturns
  1. plural of lecturn
lectors
  1. plural of lector
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Beyond reading the sacred scripture, lectors write the intercessions we pray in the name of the community each week.”
      “The lectors minister the presence of God who speaks when the scriptures are proclaimed in church.”
      “The lectors, the cantor, many of the servers and all those bringing up the gifts were female.”
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