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LAY READER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A layman who is authorized by the bishop to read parts of the service in an Anglican or Episcopal church
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Hypernyms ("lay reader" is a kind of...):
layman; layperson; secular (someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person)