frère lai

French edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /fʁɛʁ lɛ/

Noun edit

frère lai m (plural frères lais, feminine sœur laie)

(Christianity) lay brother (monk who is not (or not yet) a priest)
(Roman Catholicism, in a narrower sense also) a monk of lesser status, mainly employed for domestic services

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