laity

Speech parts

1. laity - Noun

2. laity - Adjective

Meaning

The people, as distinguished from the clergy; the body of the people not in orders.

The state of a layman.

Those who are not of a certain profession, as law or medicine, in distinction from those belonging to it.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

temporalty parishioners laypeople assembly people public company parish layman audience crowd amateur secular faithful congregation
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Antonyms

clergy pope archbishop abbe reverend bishop
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Hypernyms

mass people masses multitude hoi polloi

Phrases with the word

member of the laity anglican laity involving the laity

Anagrams

Italy ality

Examples

All professions are conspiracies against the laity. George Bernard Shaw

We cannot build up the idea of the apostolate of the laity without the foundation of the liturgy. Dorothy Day

The laity ought to understand the faith, and since the doctrines of our faith are in the Scriptures, believers should have the Scriptures in a language familiar to the people, and to this end the Holy Ghost endued them with knowledge of all tongues. John Wycliffe

Individualism. Narcissism. Value-free choices. These are all key elements in the decline of the practice of mutual accountability in Western churches, among clergy and laity alike. David W Augsburger

As neither monks nor nuns are allowed to have an occupation, they depend entirely on the laity for their sustenance. Source: Internet

At this period, simony (the purchase or sale of church offices or preferment) in the election of popes and bishops was rife among clergy and laity. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

laithe house Laithwaite Laitinen Laius LAIV Laizhou