Laity

Definition:

  • (a.) The people, as distinguished from the clergy; the body of the people not in orders.
  • (a.) The state of a layman.
  • (a.) Those who are not of a certain profession, as law or medicine, in distinction from those belonging to it.

Compare laity with other words:

laity vs. laxity

laity vs. laymen

laical vs. laity

laity vs. monkery

clerisy vs. laity

laity vs. layman

cleric vs. laity

clergy vs. laity

laity vs. people

laity vs. synopsis

laity vs. liturgy

laity vs. lay