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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