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Laity [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The people, as distinguished from the clergy; the body of the people not in orders.

2. The state of a layman, or of not being in orders. [Not used.]

Laity [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The people, as distinguished from the clergy; the body of the people not in orders.

2. The state of a layman.

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