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Lay brother

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(R. C. Ch.) one received into a convent of monks under the three vows, but not in holy orders.
- F. G. Lee.

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Another lay brother led a sumpter mule, loaded probably with his superior's baggage; and two monks of his own order, of inferior station, rode together in the rear, laughing and conversing with each other, without taking much notice of the other members of the cavalcade.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
There the Abbot, an excellent manager of merchant origin, received Sergius simply and quietly and placed him in Hilary's cell, at first assigning to him a lay brother but afterwards leaving him alone, at Sergius's own request.
Father Sergius by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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