lay brother

But perhaps you would like to live here as a lay brother for a year or two.

He is a lay brother in the service of the Lord.

The members of the Order number both priests and lay brothers.

In 1498 the lay brothers set up a printing press.

Then he joined the order as a lay brother and stayed there until his death.

For nearly a century, the men's community consisted of only two or three lay brothers.

As a lay brother he worked until its abolition in 1773.

To the west stood the lay brothers' quarters and the guest house.

There he remained for the rest of his life as a lay brother and a hermit.

He served in the army, but eventually became a Jesuit lay brother.

A group of Third order lay brothers moved into the monastery grounds in 1465.

The head of the hospital was the rector and, under him lay brothers kept things running.

He was only able to recruit 10 friars and 3 lay brothers.

One of the lay brothers died in an accident at Zanzibar.

Finally, she begins an affair with a lay brother, becoming pregnant.

The other two groups were the lay brethren and the oblates.

Only the lay brothers' building remained, later used for storing grain.

These lay brothers added late 15th century Greek as a new subject to their curriculum.

"Where was it you said the lay brother was digging?"

"There's a lay brother who does the caretaking, but he's on leave."

But he almost never confronted monks: always lay brothers or peasants.

Generally speaking, however, lay brothers roles were limited within most communities.

There was also room for the lay brothers, servants and 12 schoolboys.

By 1380 its staff had diminished to 26 canons and two lay brothers.

The religious house was surrounded by buildings for lay brothers and hospitality.