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Laity - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Laity : (noun)
1: everyone except the clergy [syn: temporalty] [ant: clergy]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Laity : \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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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LAITY. Those persons who do not make a part of the clergy. In the United
States the division of the people into clergy andLaity : is not authorized by
law, but is, merely conventional.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Laity |
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jgschaef: RT @willmancini NT ministry rests not on clergy-Laity distinction but on twin pillars: priesthood of believer & gifts of the Spirit-H Snyder |
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SmithRobin: "New Test. ministry rests not on clergy-Laity distinction but on twin pillars: priesthood of the believer & gifts of the Spirit" ~H. Snyder |
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deur: RT @willmancini: NT ministry rests not on clergy-Laity distinction but on twin pillars: priesthood of the believer & gifts of the Spirit ... |
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