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Lector vs Lictor - What's the difference?

lector | lictor |

As nouns the difference between lector and lictor

is that lector is a lay person who reads aloud certain religious texts in a church service while lictor is an officer in ancient Rome, attendant on a consul or magistrate, who bore the fasces and was responsible for punishing criminals.

lector

English

Alternative forms

* lectour (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A lay person who reads aloud certain religious texts in a church service
  • A public lecturer or reader at some universities
  • (historical, US, cigar industry) A person who reads aloud to workers, appointed by a trade union

    • Related terms

    * lection * lectionary * lectern

    Anagrams

    * colter ----

    lictor

    English

    Alternative forms

    * lictour (qualifier)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An officer in ancient Rome, attendant on a consul or magistrate, who bore the fasces and was responsible for punishing criminals.
  • :* 1985': ‘Beware the power of the mob, Caesar.’ Then, schooled in needful agility, he ran away before a '''lictor ’s whip could reach him. — Anthony Burgess, ''Kingdom of the Wicked