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LAY-uh-tee
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a group of ordinary persons not possessing the particular professional credentials or specific skills of another group; non-clergy members of a religious group
1859The Life of George WashingtonHunting came next to war in those days, as the occupation of the nobility and gentry. The clergy engaged in it equally with the laity.1901The Four Epochs of Woman's LifeThe author takes this opportunity to thank the medical profession and the laity for the very cordial reception which has been tendered the first edition of this small volume. The necessity for the use of technical expressions in a book written expressly for the laity must always be a matter of regret.1903On the Indian Sect of the JainasAs their doctrine, like Buddha's, is originally a philosophical ethical system intended for ascetics, the disciples, like the Buddhists, are, divided into ecclesiastics and laity.Labels: Anna M. Galbraith, Johann George Buehler, Washington Irving
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