† layshipn.
Obsolete. rare.
The condition of a layman; in quot. 1641 used (with possessive pronoun) as a mock title.
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1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 54 In respect of a woodden table & the perimeter of holy ground about it, a flagon pot, and a linnen corporal, the Priest esteems their lay-ships unhallow'd and unclean.
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