frère lai

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁɛʁ lɛ/

Noun

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

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