English noun: laity | |||
1. | laity (group) in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy | ||
Synonyms | temporalty | ||
Broader (hypernym) | hoi polloi, mass, masses, multitude, people, the great unwashed | ||
Member holonym | layman, layperson, secular | ||
Antonyms | clergy | ||