layest

Main Entry:
lay [ley]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: amateur, not trained in a religious or other profession
Synonyms: inexpert, nonclerical, nonprofessional, nonspecialist, ordinary, secular, temporal, unsacred
Notes: to lay is to place something; to lie is to recline
Antonyms: ordained, professional
Main Entry: temporal
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: material, worldly
Synonyms: banausic, carnal, civil, earthly, earthy, fleshly, lay, materialistic, mortal, mundane, nonsacred, nonspiritual, physical, profane, secular, sensual, subcelestial, sublunary, terrestrial, unhallowed, unsacred, unsanctified, unspiritual
Notes: the word temporal derives from Latin and chronological is from Greek; temporal is 'having to do with time as opposed to eternity, having to do with earthly life as opposed to heavenly existence, having to do with time as opposed to space' - while chronological is 'arranged according to temporal order'
Antonyms: mental, otherworldly, spiritual
Main Entry: worldly
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: material, nonreligious
Synonyms: carnal, earthly, earthy, fleshly, human, lay, materialistic, mundane, natural, physical, practical, profane, secular, sublunary, telluric, temporal, terrene, terrestrial, ungodly
Antonyms: immaterial, otherworldly, religious
Main Entry: nonprofessional
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not professional
Synonyms: amateur, dilettantish, lay
Antonyms: professional
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