lector

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Recent Examples of lector Pope Francis, though, changed canon law to allow women to serve as acolytes and lectors — laypeople who perform functions such as setting up the altar and reading the Bible. John Blake, CNN, 15 July 2024 There were efforts to organize fake lectors, which are being litigated and criminal charges have been brought in many states. CBS News, 26 May 2024 Caveat lector: Failing to peruse this list of July releases may result in a severe deficit of variety in your vacation reading. Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2023 While continuing to affirm that women cannot be priests, the move was a gamechanger for women in dioceses that had adhered strictly to previous wording regarding acolyte and lector positions and barred women from such roles. Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2023 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
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Noun
  • For laymen, these molecules are involved in chemical reactions that lead to more complex molecules essential to organic life.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Still, this hasn't quelled the anxieties of anyone with a professional or layman's interest in space science.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Why OpenAI wants massive computing power The kind of numbers OpenAI and friends throw around—10 gigawatts here, $500 billion there—are somewhat staggering and mind-boggling in scope for the layperson who might not be familiar with the massive scale of Internet infrastructure.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
  • By now, even the layperson understands that artificial intelligence data is a garbage-in-garbage-out conundrum.
    Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025

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“Lector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lector. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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