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lay reader

noun

Definition of lay reader

1 : a layperson authorized to conduct parts of the church services not requiring a priest or minister
2 : layman sense 2

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 But soon after, lay readers like Marjorie Rice, a San Diego housewife with a high school math education, discovered new tessellating pentagon families beyond those known to Kershner. — Quanta Magazine, "Pentagon Tiling Proof Solves Century-Old Math Problem," 11 July 2017 Both the academic and lay reader will appreciate how, in shattering the simplistic Enlightenment account of Newton, the book reveals the flexibility of the great man’s capacious mind. — David Davis, WSJ, "Newton the Faithful," 4 Aug. 2017

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First Known Use of lay reader

1751, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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