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Laity

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(1):

(a.) The state of a layman.

(2):

(a.) Those who are not of a certain profession, as law or medicine, in distinction from those belonging to it.

(3):

(a.) The people, as distinguished from the clergy; the body of the people not in orders.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Laity'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​l/laity.html. 1828.
 
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