Bible Dictionaries
Laity
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(a.) The state of a layman.
(2):
(a.) Those who are not of a certain profession, as law or medicine, in distinction from those belonging to it.
(3):
(a.) The people, as distinguished from the clergy; the body of the people not in orders.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Laity'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/l/laity.html. 1828.