About The Word Laity
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Laity
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What's The Definition Of Laity?
[n] everyone except the clergy
Synonyms | Synonyms for Laity: temporalty Related Terms | Find terms related to Laity: See Also | hoi polloi | layman | layperson | mass | masses | multitude | people Laity In Webster's Dictionary \La"i*ty\ (l[=a]"[i^]*t[y^]), n. [See {Lay}, a.]
1. The people, as distinguished from the clergy; the body of
the people not in orders.
A rising up of the laity against the sacerdotal
caste. --Macaulay.
2. The state of a layman. [Obs.] --Ayliffe.
3. Those who are not of a certain profession, as law or
medicine, in distinction from those belonging to it.
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