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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A layperson in the Anglican or Roman Catholic church authorized by a bishop to read some parts of the service.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Eccl.) A layman authorized to read parts of the public service of the church.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun religion A person who is not
ordained but is appointed to leadChurch services.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a layman who is authorized by the bishop to read parts of the service in an Anglican or Episcopal church
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