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laity

/ˈleɪ.ə.ti/

laity noun: people of a church who are not ordained clergy or clerics.

Noun

laity (plural laities)

  1. People of a church who are not ordained clergy or clerics.
    Synonyms:
    congregation, flock, fold
  2. The common man or woman.
  3. The unlearned, untrained or ignorant.

laity meaning in Urdu, Kannada and Vietnamese

laity in Urdu

عام لوگ, عوام الناس, دنیا دار, دنیا دار لوگ, جمہور, خلقت

laity in Kannada

laity
ಮಂದಿ mandi

laity in Vietnamese

people of a church who are not ordained
giáo dân

Synonyms of laity

Antonyms

Forms of laity

plurallaities

Origin of laity

From Anglo-Norman laite, from Latin laitas, from Ancient Greek λαός (laós, “people”).

Words that rhyme with laity

Questions about laity

What does laity mean?
Laity means people of a church who are not ordained clergy or clerics.
What is laity in Urdu?
Laity in Urdu is عام لوگ, عوام الناس, دنیا دار. See Laity meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is laity?
Laity is a noun.
How do you pronounce laity?
Laity is pronounced /ˈleɪ.ə.ti/ (UK).
What is the plural of laity?
The plural of laity is laities.

Words near laity in the dictionary

  1. Laitinen
  2. Laitinens
  3. laiting
  4. Laitonjam
  5. laits
  6. laity
  7. Laius
  8. LAIV
  9. Laiwu
  10. Laiyang
  11. Laizhou

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: laity (page history and authors); laity (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಮಂದಿ (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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