Lay

1. a. A melody; any musical utterance.
2. imp. of Lie, to recline.
3. a. Of or pertaining to the laity, as distinct from the clergy; as, a lay person; a lay preacher; a lay brother.
4. a. Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.
5. a. Not belonging to, or emanating from, a particular profession; unprofessional; as, a lay opinion regarding the nature of a disease.
6. n. The laity; the common people.
7. n. A meadow. See Lea.
8. n. Faith; creed; religious profession.
9. n. A law.
10. n. An obligation; a vow.
11. 1a. 1 A melody; any musical utterance.
12. 1imp. 1 of Lie, to recline.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.