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laity (encz) | laity,laici	n: pl.		Zdeněk Brož |  
laity (encz) | laity,neodborníci	n: pl.		Zdeněk Brož |  
laity (encz) | laity,všichni kromě církve			Zdeněk Brož |  
Laity (gcide) | Laity \La"i*ty\ (l[=a]"[i^]*t[y^]), n. [See Lay, a.]
    1. The people, as distinguished from the clergy; the body of
       the people not in orders.
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             A rising up of the laity against the sacerdotal
             caste.                                --Macaulay.
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    2. The state of a layman. [Obs.] --Ayliffe.
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    3. Those who are not of a certain profession, as law or
       medicine, in distinction from those belonging to it.
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laity (wn) | laity
     n 1: in Christianity, members of a religious community that do
          not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy
          [syn: laity, temporalty] [ant: clergy] |  
LAITY (bouvier) | LAITY. Those persons who do not make a part of the clergy. In the United 
 States the division of the people into clergy and laity is not authorized by 
 law, but is, merely conventional. 
 
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Laity (gcide) | Laity \La"i*ty\ (l[=a]"[i^]*t[y^]), n. [See Lay, a.]
    1. The people, as distinguished from the clergy; the body of
       the people not in orders.
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             A rising up of the laity against the sacerdotal
             caste.                                --Macaulay.
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    2. The state of a layman. [Obs.] --Ayliffe.
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    3. Those who are not of a certain profession, as law or
       medicine, in distinction from those belonging to it.
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LAITY (bouvier) | LAITY. Those persons who do not make a part of the clergy. In the United 
 States the division of the people into clergy and laity is not authorized by 
 law, but is, merely conventional. 
 
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