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A lay clerk, also known as a lay vicar or a song man, is a professional adult singer (or an accomplished amateur) in a cathedral or collegiate choir in the United Kingdom. The majority of lay clerks are male, however, both Chester and Dublin cathedrals employ female lay clerks.

The title refers to the laymen who were employed to sing musical sections of church services during the Middle Ages; at the time, this was often music which was evolving into a format too complicated to be sung by many ordinary clerks and priests.

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