lay brother

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A layman who is a member of a religious congregation or monastic order without the intention to become a priest.
    — In feudal days lay brothers were usually uneducated commoners, who did most menial, manual labor while the learned priestly monks held the more spiritual jobs.

词形变化

lay brothers plural lay brethren plural lay-brother alternative,archaic
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