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
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 Grand, Madame Sarah
It is Edwin Drood himself who says that Jasper was lay precentor or lay clerk at the cathedral.
From Charles Dickens and Music by Lightwood, James T.
He followed the services devoutly; and such a thing as attention, let alone devotion, on the part of a lay clerk had never been heard of in Morningquest.
From The Heavenly Twins by Grand, Madame Sarah
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