(religion)A person who is not ordained but is appointed to lead Church services in a religious denomination.

(religion) A person who is not ordained but is appointed to lead Church services.

(religion) A person who is not ordained but is appointed to lead Church services.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lay down

(idiomatic, transitive) To state strongly, clearly, and accurately. / (idiomatic, transitive) To risk.

To say that something belongs to oneself.

(transitive) To topple or overcome; to cause to fall; (of a person) to knock out.

(informal, sometimes proscribed) To lie low, to be inconspicuous, especially when the potential object of search.

simple past tense of lie low

(transitive) To store; to put by. / (transitive) To disable or incapacitate; to confine to bed. / (transitive) To take out of active service. / (intransitive) To go out of active service.