Meaning of LAITY
| Pronunciation: | | 'leyitee
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| | Definition: | | [n] everyone except the clergy |
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| | Synonyms: | | temporalty |
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| | Antonyms: | | clergy | | |
| | See Also: | | hoi polloi, layman, layperson, mass, masses, multitude, people | |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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