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Word | Laity |
everyone except the clergy / The people, as distinguished from the clergy / laypersons; persons not connected with the clergy / lay people, as distinct from the clergy. / the people of a religion who are not priests, ministers, etc., | |
Usage | ⇒ The laity does not always understand the clergy's problems. ⇒ a member of the laity ⇒ Today divorced and remarried clergy and laity serve the church faithfully as full partners. |
Synonyms | temporalty, assembly, brethren, flock, fold, congregation, people, laic, layman, laymen, laypeople, parish, churchgoer, class, earthling, laical, lay, sheep, society, hoi polloi, |
Antonyms | clergy, archbishop, archdeacon, cardinalate, cassock, chaplain, churchman, clergyman, clergymen, clericals, clerics, ecclesiastics, ministry, padre, parson, pastor, pastorate, presbytery, priest, priesthood, |
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