Definitions for: Laity


[n] everyone except the clergy



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: temporalty

Antonyms: clergy

See Also: hoi polloi, layman, layperson, mass, masses, multitude, people

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