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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 churchplay

  Familiarity information: LAY READER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LAY READER (noun)


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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