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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Lay \Lay\, a. [F. lai, L. laicus, Gr. ? of or from the people,
     lay, from ?, ?, people. Cf. Laic.]
     1. Of or pertaining to the laity, as distinct from the
        clergy; as, a lay person; a lay preacher; a lay brother.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Not educated or cultivated; ignorant. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Not belonging to, or emanating from, a particular
        profession; unprofessional; as, a lay opinion regarding
        the nature of a disease.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Lay baptism (Eccl.), baptism administered by a lay person.
        --F. G. Lee.
  
     Lay brother (R. C. Ch.), one received into a convent of
        monks under the three vows, but not in holy orders.
  
     Lay clerk (Eccl.), a layman who leads the responses of the
        congregation, etc., in the church service. --Hook.
  
     Lay days (Com.), time allowed in a charter party for taking
        in and discharging cargo. --McElrath.
  
     Lay elder. See 2d Elder, 3, note.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Lay \Lay\, a. [F. lai, L. laicus, Gr. ? of or from the people,
     lay, from ?, ?, people. Cf. Laic.]
     1. Of or pertaining to the laity, as distinct from the
        clergy; as, a lay person; a lay preacher; a lay brother.
  
     2. Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.[Obs.]
  
     3. Not belonging to, or emanating from, a particular
        profession; unprofessional; as, a lay opinion regarding
        the nature of a disease.
  
     Lay baptism (Eccl.), baptism administered by a lay person.
        --F. G. Lee.
  
     Lay brother (R. C. Ch.), one received into a convent of
        monks under the three vows, but not in holy orders.
  
     Lay clerk (Eccl.), a layman who leads the responses of the
        congregation, etc., in the church service. --Hook.
  
     Lay days (Com.), time allowed in a charter party for taking
        in and discharging cargo. --McElrath.
  
     Lay elder. See 2d Elder, 3, note.

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  lay elder /lˈeɪ ˈɛldə/
  1. presbiter
  2. egyházi elöljáró

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