noun

1. A lay person who reads aloud certain religious texts in a church service
2. A public lecturer or reader at some universities

noun

1. A person who gives lectures, especially as a profession.
2. A member of a university or college below the rank of assistant professor or reader.
3. (dated) A member of the Church of England clergy whose main task was to deliver sermons (lectures) in the afternoons and evenings.

noun (Plural: lectureships''')

1. A position as a lecturer.
   
2. A series of lectures, possibly by different lecturers, on a common theme.
   
3. Something that provides for lectures to be presented.

proper noun

1. (Canada) A member or support of the Liberal Party
2. A Liberal Democrat.

noun (plural)

1. those areas of learning that require and cultivate general intellectual ability rather than technical skills; the humanities
2. (obsolete) the trivium and the quadrivium

noun

1. A person who holds the academic degree of license.

noun

1. porter, Porter's rooms in the main entrance to a building.
2. A group of freemasons, the smallest organizational structure of freemasons.
3. A hotel or resort, usually in a rural area
4. A building used for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin
5. A country house

verb (lodg, ing)

1. (intransitive) To be firmly fixed in a specified position.

I've got some spinach lodged between my teeth.

1. (intransitive) To pay rent to a landlord or landlady who lives in the same house.
2. (transitive) To supply with a room or place to sleep in for a time.
3. (transitive) To put money, jewellery, or other valuables for safety.
4. (transitive) To place (a statement, etc.) with the proper authority, authorities (such as courts, etc.).

noun

1. A public hall designed for lectures or concerts.
2. A school at a stage between elementary school and college.