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Recent Examples of lector
Pope Francis’s initiatives included: Spiritus Domini (2021), which formally allowed women to serve as lectors and acolytes in Canon Law.
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Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 30 Nov. 2025
Eggar was active as a lector/lay minister at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills and at Saint Francis de Sales Parish in Sherman Oaks, leading weekly meditations until the pandemic.
—Chris Koseluk, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
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
Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 30 Nov. 2025
Eggar was active as a lector/lay minister at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills and at Saint Francis de Sales Parish in Sherman Oaks, leading weekly meditations until the pandemic.
—Chris Koseluk, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lector
Noun
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The pipeline will provide up to 185,000 dekatherms per day of natural gas, an industry term that Fore admitted was difficult to explain for laymen.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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From my layman’s perspective, this seemed promising, plus the attorney seemed invested.—
Jasper Craven,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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This is consistent with real-world statistics, where people of color and women who experience cardiac arrest outside the hospital are less likely to receive CPR from a layperson.—
Beth Hoffman,
The Conversation,
12 Jan. 2026
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Both Boyd and Sereno say that some of the terminology in their field could confuse a layperson.—
Bill Chappell,
NPR,
1 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Lector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lector. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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