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  2. Laity - Wikipedia

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    The word laity means "common people" and comes from the Greek: λαϊκός, romanized: laikos, meaning "of the people", from λαός, laos, meaning "people" at large. [7] [8] The word lay (part of layperson, etc.) derives from the Greek word via Anglo-French lai, from Late Latin laicus.

  3. Upāsaka - Wikipedia

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    Upasakas praying in Yangon, Myanmar.. Upāsaka or Upāsikā are from the Sanskrit and Pāli words for "attendant". [1] This is the title of followers of Buddhism (or, historically, of Gautama Buddha) who are not monks, nuns, or novice monastics in a Buddhist order, and who undertake certain vows. [2]

  4. Laypeople - Wikipedia

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    Laypeople or laypersons may refer to: Someone who is not an expert in a particular field of study Lay judge. Lay judges in Japan; Laity, members of a church who are not clergy Lay brother; Lay sister; Lay preacher; Lay apostolate; Lay cardinal; Lay reader; Lay speaker; Lay leader

  5. Householder (Buddhism) - Wikipedia

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    In the Pali canon, various Pali words have been translated into the English word "householder", including agārika, gahapati, gahattha and gihin. [5] Vocations most often associated with householders in the Pali canon are those of guild foreman, banker and merchant (Pali, seṭṭhi ) but other vocations are mentioned such as farmer and ...

  6. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    a striking success; used in the phrases "go (like) a bomb" and "go down a bomb"; Go like a bomb also means, when used of a vehicle, to go very fast an explosive weapon (v.) to be a failure ("the show bombed"); also as n. (n., used with the) something outstanding ("that show was the bomb"); sometimes spelled da bomb: bombardier

  7. Talk:The Leopard - Wikipedia

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    Well, I found the source for "If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change." Translation by Archibald Colquhoun, Pantheon, 1960, p.40. (Library of Congress number 60-6794, this predates ISBNs. Same translation and pagination later re-issued as ISBN 0-394-74949-9, Random House, 1982.) Someone could have spared me 15 minutes ...

  8. Five precepts - Wikipedia

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    After the lay people have repeated the five precepts after the monk, the monk will close the ceremony reciting: "These five precepts lead with good behavior to bliss, with good behavior to wealth and success, they lead with good behavior to happiness, therefore purify behavior." (Imāni pañca sikkhāpadāni. Sīlena sugatiṃ yanti, sīlena ...

  9. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    Standard: The other benefit of class and collective actions is that they effect social and economic change. [13] Standard: This poem affected me so much that I cried. Standard: Temperature has an effect on reaction spontaneity. [14] Standard: The dynamite effected the wall's collapse. Standard: He seemed completely devoid of affect.