laity
11Laity — Recorded many spellings including Lawtie, Lawtey, Lattaty Latty, Laity, Laitie, Lattie, Latey, Lattee, Latia, and no doubt others, this is a Northern English and Scottish surname. It is locational either from an estate known as The lands of… …
12laity — /lay i tee/, n. 1. the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy. 2. the people outside of a particular profession, as distinguished from those belonging to it: the medical ignorance of the laity. [1535 45; LAY3 + ITY] * * * …
13laity — In the present day Church the laity are those members who are not ordained ministers. In the NT (1 Pet. 2:9–10; 1 Cor. 12:4–7) the distinction is that God s gifts, of equal value, are diverse but necessary to the well being of the whole body; the …
14laity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Outside the clergy Nouns 1. laity, laic; flock, fold, congregation; assembly; churchgoers; parishioners; parish, brethren, people. See religion. 2. lay person, layman, laywoman, lay brother or sister,… …
15laity — la|i|ty [ˈleııti] n [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: LAY3] the laity all the members of a religious group apart from the priests →↑layman …
16laity — [ leɪɪti] noun (the laity) [usu. treated as plural] lay people. Origin ME: from lay2 + ity …
17laity — noun the laity all the members of a religious group apart from the priests …
18laity — noun Etymology: 5lay Date: 15th century 1. the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy 2. the mass of the people as distinguished from those of a particular profession or those specially skilled …
19laity — noun /ˈleɪ.ə.ti,ˈleɪ.ɪ.ti/ a) people of a church who are not ordained clergy or clerics. b) the common man or woman See Also: lay, layman …
20Laity — Collective name meaning the people i.e. members of the church apart from the ordained clergy …
