The learned have no more privilege than the lay.
B. Jonson.
Lay, n. A meadow. See Lea. [Obs.] Dryden.
Lay, n. [OF. lei faith, law, F. loi law. See Legal.] 1. Faith; creed;
religious profession. [Obs.]
Of the sect to which that he was born He kept his lay, to which
that he was sworn.
Chaucer.