Usually means: Non-ordained person delivering sermons, teaching.
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▸ noun:  (religion)A person who is not ordained but is appointed to lead Church services in a religious denomination.

Similar:
lay speaker, lay reader, preacherman, probationer, pastor, preacher, lector, sermonist, sermonizer, church planter, more...

Opposite:
ordained minister, clergyman, cleric, pastor, priest

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Similar:
lay speaker, lay reader, preacherman, probationer, pastor, preacher, lector, sermonist, sermonizer, church planter, more...

Opposite:
ordained minister, clergyman, cleric, pastor, priest



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