Found 2 items, similar to laity.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: laity laity n : everyone except the clergy [syn: temporalty] [ant: clergy]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Laity Laity \La"i*ty\ (l[=a]"[i^]*t[y^]), n. [See Lay, a.] 1. The people, as distinguished from the clergy; the body of the people not in orders. [1913 Webster] A rising up of the laity against the sacerdotal caste. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. The state of a layman. [Obs.] --Ayliffe. [1913 Webster] 3. Those who are not of a certain profession, as law or medicine, in distinction from those belonging to it. [1913 Webster]