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lay clerk

noun



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Word History and Origins

Origin of lay clerk1

First recorded in 1805–15
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Example Sentences

It is Edwin Drood himself who says that Jasper was lay precentor or lay clerk at the cathedral.

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.

Arthur burst into laughter when he discovered that it was Harper, the lay-clerk.

He was the lay precentor or lay clerk, and he was also a good choirmaster.

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