LAITY

laity. Laity, n. the people as distinct from the clergy

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La″i‐ty (lā″ĭ‐ty̆), n. [[See Lay, a.]] 1. 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. 2. The state of a layman. Ayliffe.
3. 3. Those who are not of a certain profession, as law or medicine, in distinction from those belonging to it.