prelector en · NOUN
Etymology
From Latin praelēctor.
Meanings
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(archaic) Someone who reads lectures or discourses; a lecturer.
[…] it is ſufficient for me, that their ſo famous a Prælectour, doth teach that by Artes Magicke, the ſame workes are done, which are done by the gift of working miracles. […] Thus this famous Prelectour, by which it is euident, that howſoeuer the Spaniſh; and Papall Emperour, haue drawne them into their ſubiection, they haue not done the ſame by the power of miracles and integritie of life, but only by dint of ſword; […]
1616, Richard Sheldon, A Survey of the Miracles of the Church of Rome, prouing them to be Antichristian. […], London: […] Edward Griffin for Nathaniel Butter, pages 38 (A Second Prelude Shewing Briefely that miracles are not certaine tokens of a true Religion) and 178 (Wherein is examined Mʳ. Floods fifth Reason):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| prælector | alternative, archaic | lexicographic | |
| prelectors | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| praelector | alternative | lexicographic |