Lector
6 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
A person who reads the scriptural lessons during a church service, or one ordained to a minor ecclesiastical order in the Roman Catholic Church.
“The lector read the epistle slowly and clearly, with careful enunciation throughout.”
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Ends in -TOR and starts with LECT, a familiar classical root found in many English words
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C and T together offer moderate combined scoring and the word places reliably on the board
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