"book-bearer" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-book-bearer.wav Forms: book-bearers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} book-bearer (plural book-bearers)
  1. (Christianity) A person who carries a religious book to the priest, or to and from the altar, during a religious procession. Categories (topical): Christianity
    Sense id: en-book-bearer-en-noun-AsbOngIR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4 Topics: Christianity
  2. (theater, obsolete, archaic) A theatrical prompter. Tags: archaic, obsolete Categories (topical): Theater
    Sense id: en-book-bearer-en-noun-XCXcA5tu Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: cross bearer

Inflected forms

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