subs. (old).—A lay preacher. Also adjectively. For synonyms, see DEVIL-DODGER and SKY-PILOT.
1654. T. WARREN, Unbeleevers no subjects of Justification, nor of mystical Union to Christ, 145. It more befits a GREEN-APRON preacher, than such a Gamaliel.
1705. HICKERINGILL, Priest-Craft, Its Character and Consequences, I. (1721), 21. Unbeneficed Non-Con’s (that live by Alms, and no Pater-noster, no Peny, says the GREEN-APRONS).
1765. TUCKER, The Light of Nature Pursued, II., 451. The gifted priestess among the Quaker is known by her GREEN APRON.
