lay clerk
noun
Origin of lay clerk
1First recorded in 1805–15
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How to use lay clerk in a sentence
It is Edwin Drood himself who says that Jasper was lay precentor or lay clerk at the cathedral.
Charles Dickens and Music | James T. LightwoodThe stipend of a lay clerk was too small to attract any other than a local candidate, and no suitable man was to be found.
The Boy's Voice | J. Spencer CurwenArthur burst into laughter when he discovered that it was Harper, the lay-clerk.
The Channings | Mrs. Henry WoodHe was the lay precentor or lay clerk, and he was also a good choirmaster.
Charles Dickens and Music | James T. Lightwood
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