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Laity

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    People of a church who are not ordained clergy or clerics.
  2. 2
    in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy wordnet
  3. 3
    The common man or woman.
  4. 4
    The unlearned, untrained or ignorant.

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman laite, from Latin laitas, from Ancient Greek λαός (laós, “people”).

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