layship

English

Etymology

From lay +‎ -ship.

Noun

layship (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) laymanship (the condition of being a layman.)
   • 1642 (indicated as 1641), John Milton, The Reason of Church-governement Urg’d against Prelaty […], London: […] E[dward] G[riffin] for Iohn Rothwell, […], →OCLC:

     the priest esteems their layships unhallowed and unclean

References

• “layship”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Hayslip, apishly