Synonyms for laity

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ley-i-tee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈleɪ ɪ ti

Définition of laity

Origin : "body of people not in religious orders," early 15c., from Anglo-French laite, from lay (adj.) + -ity.

noun believers

Example sentences :

He is a leading member of the Roman Catholic laity in England.
Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 » by Various

They are the priests of a religion, and can never descend to the charges of the laity.
Extract from : « Gerald Fitzgerald » by Charles James Lever

And as for your Latin service, what are we of the laity the better for it?
Extract from : « Fox's Book of Martyrs » by John Foxe

The laity had no ambition to take upon themselves the burdens of the clergy.
Extract from : « The Reign of Mary Tudor » by W. Llewelyn Williams.

There were magistrates and courts of law for the offences of the laity.
Extract from : « Short Studies on Great Subjects » by James Anthony Froude

While they governed the laity, the laity had no power over them.
Extract from : « Short Studies on Great Subjects » by James Anthony Froude

He is still the Great Erastian, the protagonist of laity against clergy.
Extract from : « Henry VIII. » by A. F. Pollard

Not only monks and priests should be allowed to teach, but also the laity.
Extract from : « History of Education » by Levi Seeley

But there is, I fear, some justification for such a criticism from the laity.
Extract from : « The Rough Road » by William John Locke

“Then I suppose that you mean the Bible should not be read by us laity,” he exclaimed.
Extract from : « Clara Maynard » by W.H.G. Kingston

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