| 单词 | lay vicar |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslay vicar lay vicar n. (see vicar n.). lay vicar b. lay vicar, = 3a (Also priest-vicar: see priest vicar n. at priest n. Compounds 6.) ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > council > chapter > member of chapter > [noun] > assistant vicara1387 vicary?a1475 vicar choral1530 lay vicar1837 1837 Penny Cycl. VII. 110 The Choir is also the term by which the lay-vicars, or lay-clerks, and choristers, i.e. the singers, of a cathedral, are collectively designated. 1843 J. Jebb Choral Service United Church of Eng. xii. 108 The Lay Vicars of the old Cathedrals..are sometimes members of the inferior Colleges, sometimes merely part of the foundation at large. 1877 F. G. Lee Gloss. Liturg. & Eccl. Terms 184 Lay vicar, a term used in the statutes of some of our cathedrals to designate the superior grade of singing men. < as lemmas |
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