lay sister Definition på svenska

• 0 a woman who is not a member of the clergy (= religious leaders, especially Christian priests, ministers, etc.) but who belongs to a religious group, especially a group living together in a convent, and who does simple work for the group, such as preparing food: --

  • The Priory housed 80 nuns and lay sisters and 40 canons and lay brothers.

  • They chatted happily to the nuns but ignored the lay sisters.