Lia

Lia [LL < Heb.] , Leah, name of the eldest daughter of Laban and first wife of Jacob, usu. as type of a blear-eyed condition or the active life, as dist. from Rachel as type of the contemplative life. Gir. TH III 28 (v. lippitudo a); S. Langton Ruth 124 (v. fecundus 1b); an acctyfe lyfe, vita activa, Martha, Lya, activus; vita contemplativa, Maria, Rachelle CathA.