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LAITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy
Synonyms:
laity; temporalty
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("laity" is a kind of...):
hoi polloi; mass; masses; multitude; people; the great unwashed (the common people generally)
Meronyms (members of "laity"):
layman; layperson; secular (someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person)
Antonym:
clergy (in Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity))
Derivation:
lay (characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy)
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