LAITIES

Noun

laities

plural of laity

Source: Wiktionary


LAITY

La"i*ty, n. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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