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LAY READER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lay reader mean?
• LAY READER (noun)
The noun LAY READER has 1 sense:
1. a layman who is authorized by the bishop to read parts of the service in an Anglican or Episcopal church
Familiarity information: LAY READER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A layman who is authorized by the bishop to read parts of the service in an Anglican or Episcopal church
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("lay reader" is a kind of...):
layman; layperson; secular (someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person)
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