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Learnedly, from Hellenistic Koine Greek ἀναγνώστης (anagnṓstēs, “reader, usually a slave trained to read”)^[1] (1st century BC), from ἀνάγνωσ(ις) (anágnōs(is), “recognition; reading, reading aloud”) + -της (-tēs).^[2]
The ecclesiastic term, since the mediaeval times.^[3]

• IPA^(key): /a.naˈɣno.stis/
• Hyphenation: α‧να‧γνώ‧στης

αναγνώστης • (anagnóstis) m (plural αναγνώστες, feminine αναγνώστρια)

1. (books, magazines, Internet) reader (someone who reads a written publication or website)

   Δωρεάν CD για τους αναγνώστες μας σήμερα.

   Doreán CD gia tous anagnóstes mas símera.

   A free CD for our readers today.

2. (in the plural) readership
3. (Christianity) lay reader (person who is not ordained but is appointed to lead Church services)

• τηλεθεατής m (tiletheatís, “viewer”)
• ακροατής m (akroatís, “listener”)

• ηλεκτρονικός αναγνώστης m (ilektronikós anagnóstis, “e-reader”)

• see: ανάγνωση f (anágnosi, “reading”, noun)

• αναγνώστης on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el (ecclesiastic sense)