laity

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noun

in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
temporalty
• Ant:
clergy
• Derivationally related forms:
lay
• Hypernyms:
multitude, masses, mass, hoi polloi, people, the great unwashed
• Member Meronyms:
layman, layperson, secular