Legal Definition and Related Resources of Laity
Meaning of Laity
The ordinary people, as distinguished from the clergy .
Laity Alternative Definition
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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