Related Words for lay reader

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WordSyllablesCategories
lay preacher
//x
Phrase, Noun
lector
/x
Noun
local preacher
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
laity
/xx
Noun
reverend
/xx
Noun
servant
/x
Noun
elder
/x
Noun
man of the cloth
//x/
Phrase, Noun
vicar
/x
Noun
lecturer
/xx
Noun
churchman
/x
Noun
prelate
/x
Noun
deacon
/x
Noun
shepherd
/x
Noun
minister
/xx
Noun
high priest
//
Phrase, Noun
rector
/x
Noun
lection
/x
Noun
bishop
/x
Noun
cleric
/x
Noun
nonconformist
xx/x
Noun
worshipper
/xx
Noun
priest
/
Noun
presbyter
xx/
Noun
clergyman
/xx
Noun
novice
/x
Noun
clerical
/xx
Adjective
pastor
/x
Noun
reading
/x
Noun
lesson
/x
Noun
clergy
/x
Noun
preacher
/x
Noun
chaplain
/x
Noun
missionary
/xxx
Noun
convert
/x
Noun
religious
x/x
Adjective
regular
/xx
Adjective
apostate
x/x
Noun
call
/
Noun
reformist
x/x
Noun
divine
x/
Name
apostle
x/x
Noun
parson
/x
Noun
lectionary
/xxx
Noun
ecclesiastic
xxx/x
Noun
canon
/x
Noun
confessor
x/x
Noun
dean
/
Noun
server
/x
Noun
angel
/x
Noun
living
/x
Noun
anointed
x/x
Verb
superintendent
xxx/x
Noun
rural dean
/x/
Name, Name
presentation
xx/x
Noun
ministry
/xx
Noun
presidency
/xxx
Noun
pope
/
Noun
curate
/x
Noun
rite
/
Noun
pastoral
/xx
Noun
sinner
/x
Noun
pastorate
/xx
Noun
domine
x/x
Noun
desk
/
Noun
gentile
/x
Noun
lectern
/x
Noun
ordinal
/xx
Noun
minor canon
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
secular
/xx
Adjective
liturgy
/xx
Noun
vocal
/x
Adjective
admission
x/x
Noun
saint
/
Noun
moderator
/xxx
Noun
evangelist
x/xx
Noun
senior
/x
Name
oblate
x/
Noun
heretic
/xx
Noun
laying on of hands
/x///
Phrase, Noun
sitting
/x
Verb
ordering
/xx
Noun
brother
/x
Noun
church
/
Noun
missal
/x
Noun
religion
x/x
Noun
titular
/xx
Adjective
archbishop
//x
Noun
acolyte
/xx
Noun
chancellor
/xx
Noun
acrobat
/xx
Noun, Verb
add
/
Verb, Noun
adept
x/
Adjective, Noun
adobe
x/x
Noun
adopt
x/
Verb
amateur
/xx
Adjective, Noun
ana
/x
Noun, Adverb
anecdotal
xx/x
Adjective
anthems
/x
Noun, Verb
any
/x
Adverb
arid
/x
Adjective
arrange
x/
Verb, Noun
ask
/
Verb, Noun
attach
x/
Verb
audience
/xx
Noun
author
/x
Noun, Verb
ballad
/x
Noun, Verb
barrel
/x
Noun, Verb
bear
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
bed
/
Noun, Verb
believer
x/x
Noun
belonged
x/
Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
book
/
Noun, Verb
bottle
/x
Noun, Verb
bring
/
Verb
bucket
/x
Noun, Verb
build
/
Verb, Noun
bury
/x
Verb, Noun
butt
/
Noun, Verb
carry
/x
Verb, Noun
cast
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
clap
/
Noun, Verb
clinician
x/x
Noun
cock
/
Noun, Verb
coffin
/x
Noun, Verb
come
/
Verb, Noun
community
x/xx
Noun
competent
/xx
Adjective
compositor
x/xx
Noun
con
/
Noun, Verb
concerned
x/
Adjective
consisted
x/x
Verb
constitute
/xx
Verb, Noun
construct
x/
Verb, Noun
consulting
x/x
Noun
context
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
corollary
/xxx
Noun, Adjective
corresponded
xx/x
Verb
cram
/
Verb, Noun
create
x/
Verb, Adjective
deaf
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
define
x/
Verb, Noun
depended
x/x
Verb
deposit
x/x
Noun, Verb
design
x/
Noun, Verb
determine
x/x
Verb
develop
x/x
Verb
dictate
x/
Verb, Noun
digest
x/
Noun, Verb
discard
x/
Verb, Noun
dispose
x/
Verb, Noun
docket
/x
Noun, Verb
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
draw
/
Verb, Noun
drive
/
Noun, Verb
drop
/
Noun, Verb
dull
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
dump
/
Noun, Verb
editor
/xx
Noun
eggs
/
Noun
elongate
x/x
Verb, Adjective
enquirer
x/x
Noun
establish
x/x
Verb
establishment
x/xx
Noun
ex
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
example
x/x
Noun, Verb
expert
/x
Noun, Adjective
expose
x/
Verb
fall
/
Verb, Noun
feel
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
fellow
/x
Noun, Verb
file
/
Noun, Verb
fix
/
Verb, Noun
flush
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
form
/
Noun, Verb
fry
/
Noun, Verb
garner
/x
Name, Verb
get
/
Verb, Noun
give
/
Verb, Noun
glasses
/x
Noun
ground
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
hearer
/x
Noun
hereabouts
/xx
Adverb
heron
/x
Noun
hispanic
x/x
Adjective, Name
impose
x/
Verb, Noun
incompetent
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
inquirer
x/x
Noun
inquiry
x/x
Noun
install
x/
Verb, Noun
intelligent
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
inter
x/
Name, Verb
interviewer
/xxx
Noun
introduce
xx/
Verb
jar
/
Noun, Verb
jump
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb, Adjective
juxtapose
xx/
Verb
kay
/
Name
kick
/
Verb, Noun
laid
/
Adjective
launch
/
Noun, Verb
lay over
//x
Phrase, Verb
lay to rest
///
Phrase, Verb
layer
/x
Noun, Verb
layman
/x
Noun
layout
/x
Noun
layperson
x/x
Noun
lea
/
Name
lean
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
lie
/
Verb, Noun
lis
/
Noun
listener
/xx
Noun
load
/
Noun, Verb
lodge
/
Noun, Verb
long
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
lose
/
Verb, Noun
make
/
Verb, Noun
marshal
/x
Noun, Verb
meet
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
melody
/xx
Noun
meter
/x
Noun, Verb
middle
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
minded
/x
Adjective
minstrelsy
/xx
Noun
newspaper
/xx
Noun, Verb
none
/
Noun, Adverb
nonparty
x/x
Noun, Adjective
nonprofessional
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
observer
x/x
Noun
older
/x
Adjective, Noun
onlooker
/xx
Noun
open
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
option
/x
Noun, Verb
ordinary
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
outsider
x/x
Noun
paces
/x
Noun
palm
/
Noun, Verb
park
/
Noun, Verb
participant
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
pave
/
Verb
pay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
pentecostal
xx/x
Name, Adjective
perch
/
Noun, Verb
person
/x
Noun, Verb
pickup
/x
Noun, Verb
pillow
/x
Noun, Verb
pitch
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
place
/
Noun, Verb
plant
/
Noun, Verb
player
/x
Noun
plunge
/
Verb, Noun
poll
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
porter
/x
Noun, Verb