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Complete Definition of "laity"

English
From Latin laitas, from Greek λα��, people

Noun
laity

  1. people, people of a church who are not ordained clergy or clerics.
  2. the common man or woman
  3. the unlearned, untrained or ignorant as in "The Layman's Guide to Basket Weaving"

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