'Lay elder' definitions:

Definition of 'Lay elder'

From: 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]