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

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 Madame Sarah Grand

Lichfield Cathedral.—Day school taught by a deputy lay clerk, the succentor taking Latin, English, and Divinity.

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

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 John Spencer Curwen