Meaning Of The Word Lay brother

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lay brother in American English
a member of a clerical religious order or congregation who is not a priest or a clerical student
noun: a man who has taken religious vows and habit but is employed by his order chiefly in manual labor

lay brother in British English
noun: a man who has taken the vows of a religious order but is not ordained and not bound to divine office

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