Laity

['leɪɪtɪ] or ['leəti]

解释:

(noun.) in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy.

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解释:

(a.) The people, as distinguished from the clergy; the body of the people not in orders.

(a.) The state of a layman.

(a.) Those who are not of a certain profession, as law or medicine, in distinction from those belonging to it.

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同义词及近义词：

n. Laymen, body of the people, the people (as distinguished from the clergy).

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解释:

n. the people as distinct from the clergy.

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