Meaning Of The Word Laity

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laity
The laity are all the people involved in the work of a church who are not clergymen, monks, or nuns.

laity in American English
all the people not included among the clergy; laymen collectively
noun: the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy

laity in British English
noun: laymen, as distinguished from members of the clergy

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