Laity
[ley-i-tee] /ˈleɪ ɪ ti/
noun
1.
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
2.
the people outside of a particular profession, as distinguished from those belonging to it:
the medical ignorance of the laity.
/ˈleɪɪtɪ/
noun
1.
laymen, as distinguished from clergymen
2.
all people not of a specific occupation
n.
“body of people not in religious orders,” early 15c., from Anglo-French laite, from lay (adj.) + -ity.
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