(Gr Laikos; Sl Miryane) Members of the Church who are not ordained to the priesthood
The laity are all the people involved in the work of a church who are not clergymen, monks, or nuns. The Church and the laity were increasingly active in charity work Clergy and laity alike are divided in their views. the laity all the members of a religious group apart from the priests layman (LAY)
From the Greek word, laos, meaning "people," the laity are the non-ordained members of a church, as distinguished from "the clergy" An single member of the laity would be referred to as a "lay person "
Members of the Church who are not ordained as deacons, priests or bishops (from Greek word laos meaning 'the people') Liturgy - The form of public worship
Those who are not of a certain profession, as law or medicine, in distinction from those belonging to it
A term used to refer to the ordinary people in a religious tradition as opposed to the official leaders and specialists (for example, the clergy)
the non-ordained members of a church; all lay persons together; "the people" as distinguished from "the clergy"
{i} people who are not members of the clergy; people who are not members of a specific profession
The people, as distinguished from the clergy; the body of the people not in orders
From the Greek term laos, meaning "people " Technically, the laity are the whole people of God, including the ordained, but the word is almost always used to refer to non-ordained Christians
the unlearned, untrained or ignorant as in "The Laymans Guide to Basket Weaving"