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laity
[ noun ]
in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy
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Laity \La"i*ty\ (l[=a]"[i^]*t[y^]), n. [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.