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Definisjon av laity

Vi fant 5 definisjoner av laity på engelsk.

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WordNet WordNet by Princeton University

Noun
laity - in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy
temporalty
clergy in Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity)
hoi polloi, masses, the great unwashed, multitude, people, mass the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people"
= synonym
= antonym
= relatert ord

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Substantiv
laity - people of a church who are not ordained clergy or clerics.
laity - The common man or woman.
laity - The unlearned, untrained or ignorant as in “The Layman’s Guide to Basket Weaving”.

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  • In religious organizations, the laity comprises all persons who are not in the clergy. A person who is a member of a religious order who is not ordained legitimate clergy is considered as a member of the laity, even though they are members of a religious order. In the past in Christian cultures, the term lay priest was sometimes used to refer to a secular priest, a diocesan priest who is not a member of a religious order.

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