Khmer Dictionary: អាចារ្យ

1. អាចារ្យ ( n ) [ʔaacaa]
   teacher, layman who acts as liaison between the Buddhist clergy and the lay people; master of religious ceremonies; practitioner of traditional rituals and healer (According to Buddhist teachings there are five kinds of អាចារ្យ : (1) បព្វជ្ជាចារ្យ monks who ordain laymen into the priesthood (2) ឧបសម្បទាចារ្យ monks who ordain junior monks as senior monks (3) ឧទ្ទេសាចារ្យ teachers of Pali (4) និស្សយាចារ្យ supervising teachers (5) ធម្មាចារ្យ teachers of the Dharma)