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lay vicar

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noun

Church of England.
  1. a lay officer in a cathedral who performs those parts of a service not reserved to the priests.


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Walsh had been a teacher, a lay vicar at Chichester Cathedral and also ran a choir at a church in Chichester, West Sussex.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2022

Does a priest's surplice differ from that worn by a lay vicar, or vicar choral?

From Notes and Queries, Number 179, April 2, 1853. A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George

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