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laity

[ ley-i-tee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
the people outside of a particular profession, as distinguished from those belonging to it:
the medical ignorance of the laity.

laity

/ ˈleɪɪtɪ /

Origin of laity¹

First recorded in 1535–45; lay ³ + -ity

Origin of laity¹

C16: from lay ³

Many ex-members I spoke with felt like financial matters were off limits from the laity.

The nuns were forbidden to visit the laity in Romsey, and other like ordinances were enjoined.

The magistrates and the laity insisted that the clergy must bear their share of the common burden.

The laity are awaking to the fact that priests are strenuously endeavouring to quench the light of reason in the fogs of faith.

This answer would be exhaustive, if it were the fact that the laity made the law for the theologians.

Formamint Tablets are widely advertised and extravagantly exploited to the laity in Great Britain.

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