Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for LAY'-MAN
LAY'-MAN, n. [la'man. lay and man. Old Eng. lewdeman. Selden.]
- A man who is not a clergyman; one of the laity or people, distinct from the clergy. – Dryden. Swift.
- An image used by painters is contriving attitudes. – Dryden.
- A lay-clerk.
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