laity

Noun

laity

1. people, people of a church who are not ordained clergy or clerics. and the people of the churches and god.

5 letters in word "laity": A I L T Y.

No anagrams for laity found in this word list.

Words found within laity:

ai ail ait al alit alt at ay it ita la lat lati lay li lit ta tai tail tali tay ti til ya

• Definitions:
• in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy
• In religious organizations, the laity comprises all lay persons collectively. This can mean either any person who is not a member of the ordained clergy or of any monastic order or, within such an order, a monastic who is not a priest (c.f., lay brother). ...
• The people, as distinguished from the clergy
• the non-ordained members of a church; all lay persons together; "the people" as distinguished from "the clergy".
• persons who are not members of the clergy
• those who have not been initiated into a specialized group, such as clergy
• All baptized Catholics who form the faith community of the Church but have not received Orders.*
• The laity is all who have been baptised and who have not been ordained a deacon, priest or bishop. Through baptism, the laity share in the mission of Jesus and the Church, of proclaiming the Kingdom of God. Sister and brother members of religious communities are laity or lay people.
• people who are not clergy
• (Gr. Laikos; Sl. Miryane). Members of the Church who are not ordained to the priesthood.
• 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.
• Lay people are those who do not belong to the clergy or other religious orders. In the Middle Ages, lay people were generally presumed to be illiterate and to have no knowledge of Latin. ...
• The collective body of faithful Christians who are not members of the ecclesiastical hierarchy, whether regular or secular.
• comes from laos, meaning "people of god;" a baptized and confirmed member of a local church; not ordained; is frequently used to refer to members of a congregation or parish.
• The members of a local church, male or female, who have not been ordained as deacons or elders.

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