laity, temporalty
(noun) in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy
Source: WordNet® 3.1
laity (plural laities)
People of a church who are not ordained clergy or clerics.
The common man or woman.
The unlearned, untrained or ignorant.
• -ality, Italy
Source: Wiktionary
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
25 March 2025
(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
