"laity" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈleɪ.ə.ti/ [General-American, UK], /ˈleɪ.ɪ.ti/ [General-American, UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-laity.wav [Southern-England] Forms: laities [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪɪti Etymology: From Anglo-Norman laite, from Latin laitas, from Ancient Greek λαός (laós, “people”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|xno|laite}} Anglo-Norman laite, {{der|en|la|laitas|}} Latin laitas, {{der|en|grc|λαός||people}} Ancient Greek λαός (laós, “people”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} laity (plural laities)
  1. People of a church who are not ordained clergy or clerics. Translations (people of a church who are not ordained): миряни (mirjani) (alt: събир.) [masculine, plural] (Bulgarian), maallikko (Finnish), laïcat (French), Laie (German), αμύητοι (amýitoi) [masculine, plural] (Greek), an tuath [feminine] (Irish), na tuataí [masculine, plural] (Irish), мирјани (mirjani) [masculine, plural] (Macedonian), yn theay (Manx), hunga reimana (Maori), laikat [masculine] (Polish), миря́не (mirjáne) [plural] (Russian), laico (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-laity-en-noun-hjz6Jbfv Disambiguation of 'people of a church who are not ordained': 94 1 5
  2. The common man or woman.
    Sense id: en-laity-en-noun-9tN2VqBn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 60 21 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 22 54 25
  3. The unlearned, untrained or ignorant.
    Sense id: en-laity-en-noun-z5BPYQtj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: lay, layman

Inflected forms

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