单词	laity
释义	laity /ˈleɪɪti / noun [usually treated as plural] (the laity) 1Lay people, as distinct from the clergy.Today divorced and remarried clergy and laity serve the church faithfully as full partners.... The bishops - together with the laity and clergy - should be part of the creation of a healthy, revitalized church. In many cases it is being done by co-opting both the clergy and the laity, giving them no alternative except to acquiesce. 2Ordinary people, as distinct from professionals or experts.Never did Shaw speak a truer word, that all professions are conspiracies against the laity. Origin Late Middle English: from lay2 + -ity. Rhymes deity, gaiety (US gayety), simultaneity, spontaneity
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