Library / English Dictionary

LAITY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

In Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy

Synonyms:

laity; temporalty

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("laity" is a kind of...):

hoi polloi; mass; masses; multitude; people; the great unwashed (the common people generally)

Meronyms (members of "laity"):

layman; layperson; secular (someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person)

Antonym:

clergy (in Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity))

Derivation:

lay (characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy)

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