lay clerk

American  

noun

1. lay vicar.

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Etymology

Origin of lay clerk

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

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lay clerk

Esme Byrd was a lay clerk at Bangor Cathedral for six months and regularly sang with the choir until leaving in January 2023.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2025

In 1756 a book on the subject was published at Worcester by Richard Lovett, a lay clerk at the cathedral, in which he records the treatment of a number of diseases with electricity.

From Nature ● Mar. 16, 2020

There happened to be a tiny tenement in the Close vacant when the new lay clerk began his duties as Tenor in the choir, and this he took.

From The Heavenly Twins by Grand, Madame Sarah

The stipend of a lay clerk was too small to attract any other than a local candidate, and no suitable man was to be found.

From The Boy's Voice A Book of Practical Information on The Training of Boys' Voices For Church Choirs, &c. by Curwen, John Spencer

It was a great deal more than I should have required in any case, and a lay clerk with such means would have been an anomaly not to be tolerated.

From The Heavenly Twins by Grand, Madame Sarah