English Explanatory Dictionary

anagnost

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone who reads aloud, especially who reads lessons, passages etc. during a church service.

Word forms

anagnost anagnosts

Etymology

From Latin anagnōstes (“slave trained to read aloud”), from Koine Greek ἀναγνώστης (anagnṓstēs, “reader, slave trained to read”), after Ancient Greek ἀναγιγνώσκειν (anagignṓskein, “to read”).

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