lector vs man of the cloth

lector and man of the cloth both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lector	Yes	No	No	No
man of the cloth	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, man of the cloth is a hypernym of lector; that is, man of the cloth is a word with a broader meaning than lector:

lector: someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church
man of the cloth: a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church

Other hypernyms of lector include clergyman, reverend, Holy Order, Order.

lector (noun)	man of the cloth (noun)
a public lecturer at certain universities	a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church
someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church