laity
Use Laity in a sentence
ɪ noun
1.
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
2.
the people outside of a particular profession, as distinguished from those belonging to it: the medical ignorance of the laity.
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| —n | |
| 1. | laymen, as distinguished from clergymen |
| 2. | all people not of a specific occupation |
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Word Origin & History
laity
1540s, "body of people not in religious orders," Anglo-Fr. laite, from lay (adj.).
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Example sentences
If the laity could program, so could those overspecialized in other areas.
Individual priests and concerned laity have long been at the forefront of efforts to secure the rights of workers.
He recited every day the church office with him, as it was then customary for pious persons among the laity to do.
In fact, although it is pitched at the laity, it still manages to reveal something of the way economists think.
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