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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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