layship
English
Etymology
Noun
layship (uncountable)
- (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.