Dictionary

laity en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈleɪ.ə.ti/ (General-American, UK)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈleɪ.ɪ.ti/ (General-American, UK)

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

Antonyms

clergy

Hypernyms

assembly · community

Meronyms

layperson

Relateds

lay · layman

Synonyms

congregation · fold · congregation · laity · flock · fold · flock

Translations (15)

es laico (people of a church who are not ordained) · vi giáo dân (people of a church who are not ordained) · el αμύητοι (people of a church who are not ordained) · mk мирјани (people of a church who are not ordained) · ru миря́не (people of a church who are not ordained) · cs laikové (people of a church who are not ordained) · ga an tuath (people of a church who are not ordained) · gv yn theay (people of a church who are not ordained) · pl laikat (people of a church who are not ordained) · fi maallikko (people of a church who are not ordained) · de Laie (people of a church who are not ordained) · mi hunga reimana (people of a church who are not ordained) · bg миряни (people of a church who are not ordained) · ga na tuataí (people of a church who are not ordained) · fr laïcat (people of a church who are not ordained)