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Noun: laity  ley-u-tee
  1. In Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy
    - temporalty

Derived forms: laities

Type of: hoi polloi, mass, masses, multitude, people, the great unwashed [informal]

Antonym: clergy

Encyclopedia: Laity, Mark

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