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LAITY
laity, temporalty
(noun) in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
laity (plural laities)
People of a church who are not ordained clergy or clerics.
The common man or woman.
The unlearned, untrained or ignorant.
Anagrams
• -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
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