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• lay|per|son — «LAY PEHR suhn», noun. a person outside the clergy or a particular profession; a layman or laywoman: »The NOVA Catholic Community [is] a group founded by laypersons…out of dissatisfaction with the traditional liturgy (Washington Post) …   Useful english dictionary

• Koh Lay Huan — (d. 1826) was a wealthy and educated man, [Rites of Belonging: Memory, Modernity, and Identity in a Malaysian Chinese Community By Jean DeBernardi, Jean Elizabeth DeBernardi Published by Stanford University Press, 2004; ISBN 0804744866,… …   Wikipedia

• Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty — Studio album by Big Boi …   Wikipedia

• layperson — lay|per|son [ leı,pɜrsn ] (plural lay|per|sons or lay|peo|ple [ leı,pipl ] ) noun count used instead of LAYMAN or LAYWOMAN when you want to say that the person could be a man or a woman: the layperson (=all laypersons as a group): How would you… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• layperson — lay|per|son [ˈleıˌpə:sən US pə:r ] n plural laypersons or laypeople [ ˌpi:pəl] a ↑layman or ↑laywoman …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• layperson — lay•per•son [[t]ˈleɪˌpɜr sən[/t]] n. 1) cvb a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity 2) cvb a person who is not a member of a given profession, as law or medicine • Etymology: 1970–75 usage: See person …   From formal English to slang

• er — er·i·an·thus; er·ic; er·i·ca; er·i·ca·ce·ae; er·i·cad; er·i·ca·les; er·i·ce·tal; er·i·ce·tic·o·lous; er·i·coid; er·i·co·phyte; erig·er·on; er·i·glos·sa; er·ik·ite; er·i·na·ceous; er·i·na·ceus; er·in·ite; er·i·nose; er·i·o·bot·rya;… …   English syllables

• ism — is·ma·el·ism; iso·la·tion·ism; isom·er·ism; isos·ter·ism; ital·ian·ism; ivory tower·ism; jack·son·ism; jaco·bin·ism; jaco·bit·ism; jain·ism; jan·sen·ism; ja·pan·ism; jef·fer·so·nian·ism; jesu·it·ism; jew·ism; jin·go·ism; jour·nal·ism; ju·da·ism;… …   English syllables

• age — age·a·ble; age; age·less; age·long; age·net·ic; al·ien·age; al·loy·age; al·tar·age; am·per·age; an·ec·dot·age; ap·pend·age; ar·rear·age; av·er·age·ly; av·er·age·ness; bale·age; bal·last·age; bar·on·age; bar·on·et·age; bar·rel·age; bea·con·age;… …   English syllables

• Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …   Universalium