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Lay reader   /leɪ rˈidər/   Listen
Lay reader

noun
1.
A layman who is authorized by the bishop to read parts of the service in an Anglican or Episcopal church.





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... twenty years older than the Prince; a wise thoughtful soldier (went, by permission, to the Siege of Dantzig lately, to improve himself); a man capable of rugged service, when the time comes. His military writings were once in considerable esteem with professional men; and still impress a lay reader with favorable notions towards Stille, as a man of real worth and sense. [Campagnes du Roi de Prusse;—a posthumous Book; ANTERIOR ...
— History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. X. (of XXI.) - Frederick The Great—At Reinsberg—1736-1740 • Thomas Carlyle


Words linked to "Lay reader" :   secular, layman, layperson


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