laity

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin laitas, from Ancient Greek λαός (laos), “‘people’”)

lay +‎ -ity

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[edit] Noun

Singular
laity

Plural
laities

laity (plural laities)

  1. people, people of a church who are not ordained clergy or clerics.
  2. the common man or woman
  3. the unlearned, untrained or ignorant as in “The Layman’s Guide to Basket Weaving”

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