lay clerk
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of lay clerk
First recorded in 1805–15
Example Sentences
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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
He was the lay precentor or lay clerk, and he was also a good choirmaster.
From Charles Dickens and Music by James T. Lightwood
He was only a lay clerk, to be sure, but then he was so utterly unlike any other lay clerk.
From The Heavenly Twins by Madame Sarah Grand
It is Edwin Drood himself who says that Jasper was lay precentor or lay clerk at the cathedral.
From Charles Dickens and Music by James T. Lightwood
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