Definition of Lay reader

1. Noun. A layman who is authorized by the bishop to read parts of the service in an Anglican or Episcopal church.

Generic synonyms: Layman, Layperson, Secular

Definition of Lay reader

1. Noun. (religion) A person who is not ordained but is appointed to lead Church services. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lay Reader

lay in
lay into
lay it on thick
lay low
lay of the land
lay off
lay on
lay on the line
lay one's cards on the table
lay open
lay out
lay over
lay person
lay preacher
lay preachers
lay reader
lay readers
lay rubber
lay siege
lay speaker
lay speakers
lay the groundwork
lay the smack down
lay to rest
lay up
lay waste
lay waste to
lay witness
laya

Literary usage of Lay reader

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Led On!: Step by Step, Scenes from Clerical, Military, Educational, and by Anthony Toomer Porter (1898)
"... recalcitrant Standing Committee causes me to store my carpets—/ am appointed as lay reader to a struggling mission—A beggarly upper room—Meanwhile I am ..."

2. Joseph Dennie and His Circle: A Study in American Literature from 1792-1812 by Milton Ellis (1915)
"... STUDENT AND lay reader; "THE FARRAGO" At Lexington Dennie remained, nursing his wrath at "the dark and hollow manoeuvres of a club of stupid pedants,"1 ..."

3. The History of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut by Eben Edwards Beardsley (1874)
"... he walked over to Norwalk on Saturday, and officiated there as a lay reader on Sunday, —using "a form of prayer extracted out of the Church Liturgy, ..."

4. Journal of the Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention of the Protestant by Episcopal Church (1888)
"Renewed lay reader's license of LX Perry and Charles B. Stilz, ... Renewed license of HJ Fish, of Trinity Church, Michigan City, as lay reader. ..."

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