| 单词 | lay reader |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslay reader lay reader n. (a) a layman licensed to conduct religious services; (b) a reader of a book, etc., on a subject of which he has no professional or specialist knowledge. ΘΚΠ society > communication > reading > reader > [noun] > other types of reader running reader1588 stall-reader1673 wall-observer1673 reading machine1809 readeress1830 lay reader1883 society > faith > church government > laity > lay functionaries > lay-reader > [noun] lay reader1883 1883 Official Year-bk. Ch. Eng. 110 The importance..of recognizing the assistance of Lay Readers, and of assigning them their proper place in the service of the Church... The office of Lay Reader is also fully recognized in the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States. 1885 W. James Coll. Ess. & Rev. (1920) 282 To the lay-reader, this absolute Idealism doubtless seems insubstantial and unreal enough. 1907 W. James Pragmatism ii. 74 Farther than that the ordinary lay-reader in philosophy..does not venture to sharpen his conceptions. 1912 Motor 17 Dec. 980/1 The subject matter is..written in a manner easily understood by the lay reader. 1947 Mind 56 156 This is done in so compressed and allusive a manner that..the lay reader could scarcely be expected to grasp it adequately. < as lemmas |
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