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单词 lay reader
释义

lay3 /lā/

adjective
  1. Of or relating to people who are not members of the clergy
  2. Non-professional
  3. Not trumps (cards)
noun
  1. The laity
  2. A layman (obsolete)
ORIGIN: OFr lai, from L lāicus, from Gr lāikos, from lāos the people

laic /lāˈik/ adjective

Lay

noun

A layman

lāˈical adjective

lāicˈity noun

  1. The state of being lay
  2. The nature of the laity
  3. The influence of the laity

lāicizāˈtion or lāicisāˈtion noun

laicize or laicise /lāˈi-sīz/ transitive verb

  1. To make laical
  2. To open to the laity

lāˈity noun

  1. The people as distinguished from some particular profession, usu the clerical
  2. (usu with cap) specif one of the three divisions within the General Synod of the Church of England, the others being the Bishops and the Clergy

lay baptism noun

Baptism administered by a layman

lay brother or lay sister noun

A person under vows of celibacy and obedience, who serves a religious house, but is exempt from the studies and choir duties of monks or nuns

lay clerk noun

A singer in the choir of an Anglican cathedral, etc

lay communion noun

The state of being in the communion of the church as a layman

layˈman noun

  1. One of the laity
  2. A non-professional person
  3. Someone who is not an expert

layˈperson noun

lay reader noun

(in some branches of the Anglican communion) a man or woman who is not ordained but is licensed by a bishop to undertake a range of ecclesiastical duties

lay sister see lay brother above.

lay vicar noun

A layman who is vicar-choral in an Anglican cathedral

layˈwoman noun

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