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lay readers

lay readers is the plural of lay reader.

Meaning of lay reader

Noun

lay reader (plural lay readers)

  1. A person who is not ordained but is appointed to lead Church services.
    • The Sabbath with us was literally a day of rest. The doctor, who was a licensed lay reader, read the service, and we managed to form a choir, composed of my sister and those of the staff who cared to join it.1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 80

Questions about lay readers

What is lay readers the plural of?
Lay readers is the plural of lay reader.

Words near lay readers in the dictionary

  1. lay persons
  2. lay pipe
  3. lay preacher
  4. lay preachers
  5. lay reader
  6. lay readers
  7. lay rector
  8. lay rectors
  9. lay rough
  10. lay rubber
  11. lay salt on someone's tail

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