lay reader

noun Anglican Church.

a layperson authorized by a bishop to conduct certain parts of a service.

Origin of lay reader

First recorded in 1745–55

Words nearby lay reader

lay open, layout, layover, laypeople, layperson, lay reader, Laysan, layshaft, lay sister, lay someone low, laytime

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Example sentences from the Web for lay reader

Could he introduce it, with modifications, when he next wrote a letter to his brother, the lay-reader?
Howards End|E. M. Forster
I am impelled, I repeat, to depart from my custom of refusing to endorse semi-medical publications intended for the lay-reader.
What a Young Husband Ought to Know|Sylvanus Stall
For years he acted as lay-reader at one or other of those churches, travelling some distance in all weathers to do so.
Reminiscences of a Canadian Pioneer for the last Fifty Years|Samuel Thompson
While they are sitting there a lay-reader expounds to them the elements of Christian teaching.
Changing China|William Gascoyne-Cecil

His parents, who were dead, had been in trade; his sisters had married commercial travellers; his brother was a lay-reader.
Howards End|E. M. Forster

British Dictionary definitions for lay reader

lay reader

noun

Church of England a person licensed by a bishop to conduct religious services other than the Eucharist

RC Church a layman chosen from among the congregation to read the epistle at Mass and sometimes other prayers

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单词	lay reader
释义	lay reader noun Anglican Church. a layperson authorized by a bishop to conduct certain parts of a service. Origin of lay reader First recorded in 1745–55 Words nearby lay reader lay open, layout, layover, laypeople, layperson, lay reader, Laysan, layshaft, lay sister, lay someone low, laytime Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for lay reader Could he introduce it, with modifications, when he next wrote a letter to his brother, the lay-reader? Howards End\|E. M. Forster I am impelled, I repeat, to depart from my custom of refusing to endorse semi-medical publications intended for the lay-reader. What a Young Husband Ought to Know\|Sylvanus Stall For years he acted as lay-reader at one or other of those churches, travelling some distance in all weathers to do so. Reminiscences of a Canadian Pioneer for the last Fifty Years\|Samuel Thompson While they are sitting there a lay-reader expounds to them the elements of Christian teaching. Changing China\|William Gascoyne-Cecil His parents, who were dead, had been in trade; his sisters had married commercial travellers; his brother was a lay-reader. Howards End\|E. M. Forster British Dictionary definitions for lay reader lay reader noun Church of England a person licensed by a bishop to conduct religious services other than the Eucharist RC Church a layman chosen from among the congregation to read the epistle at Mass and sometimes other prayers Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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