英语词汇“lay sister”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Example sentences from the Web for lay sister

In an hour, a lay-sister will come here, I will speak a few words apart to her, and she will tell you to follow her.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete|Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
Do not weep so, dear sister, and tell me how you expect to be delivered here without the lay-sister being aware of it?
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete|Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
Full of grace and beauty, M—— M—— came into the room with a lay-sister, each of them holding a candlestick.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete|Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
With the assistance of the lay-sister, Beatrice effected her escape from the building, and joined me outside the walls.
Yule Logs|Various

The lay-sister retired as noiselessly as she had come, and Mother Gertrude closed her book.
Consequences|E. M. Delafield

British Dictionary definitions for lay sister

lay sister

noun

a woman who has taken the vows of a religious order but is not ordained and not bound to divine office

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单词	lay sister
释义	lay sister noun a woman who has taken religious vows and habit but is employed in her order chiefly in manual labor. Origin of lay sister First recorded in 1700–10 Words nearby lay sister laypeople, layperson, lay reader, Laysan, layshaft, lay sister, lay someone low, laytime, lay to, Layton, lay to rest Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for lay sister In an hour, a lay-sister will come here, I will speak a few words apart to her, and she will tell you to follow her. The Memoires of Casanova, Complete\|Jacques Casanova de Seingalt Do not weep so, dear sister, and tell me how you expect to be delivered here without the lay-sister being aware of it? The Memoires of Casanova, Complete\|Jacques Casanova de Seingalt Full of grace and beauty, M—— M—— came into the room with a lay-sister, each of them holding a candlestick. The Memoires of Casanova, Complete\|Jacques Casanova de Seingalt With the assistance of the lay-sister, Beatrice effected her escape from the building, and joined me outside the walls. Yule Logs\|Various The lay-sister retired as noiselessly as she had come, and Mother Gertrude closed her book. Consequences\|E. M. Delafield British Dictionary definitions for lay sister lay sister noun a woman who has taken the vows of a religious order but is not ordained and not bound to divine office 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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lay sister

noun

Origin of lay sister

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British Dictionary definitions for lay sister

noun