קְרוּיוֹת, (קָרָא II) persons called up to read from the Scriptures. Y. Taan. IV, 68ᵃ bot. שלשה ק׳ … לא וכ׳ the three persons called to read from the Torah must read no less than ten verses altogether; Y. Meg. IV, 75ᵃ. Y. Ber. VIII, 11ᵇ top אילין ג׳ ק׳ מאי וכ׳ how do you consider those three readers from the Torah (as regards benedictions)? Ib. V, 9ᶜ bot. ק׳ בתורה ואין ק׳ וכ׳ several persons are called to read from the Law successively, but not to read from the Prophets; Y. Meg. IV, 74ᵈ קראות (corr. acc.).—V. קְרִיאָה.