lay vicar

American  

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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Example Sentences

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

His plan—at any rate, for the temporary settlement of the question—was a confederation of Italian States with constitutional institutions, and a guaranty of complete independence from the direct interference and influence of Austria; and the secularization of the legations with a lay vicar under the suzerainty of the Pope.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

Bill lent me the half-crown; and Poulter, our lay vicar, who is at a music-shop, says 'tis a real bargain, he's mad to have missed it himself, but he showed me how to put my fingers on it, and I can play Mendelssohn's "Hirtenlied."

From Project Gutenberg