Definition of Anagnost

1. Noun. A cleric in the minor orders of the Eastern Orthodox Church who reads the lessons aloud in the liturgy (analogous to the lector in the Roman Catholic Church).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Anagnost

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Literary usage of Anagnost

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander, K. F. Th Schneider (1853)
"... as we learn from the complete liturgies of the fourth which are known to us, for the deacons, before the anagnost began to read, to exhort the community ..."

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