资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.