01 n. The people, as distinguished from the clergy; the body of the people not in orders.
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The people, as distinguished from the clergy; the body of the people not in orders.“A rising up of the laity against the sacerdotal caste.” — Macaulay.
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2.
The state of a layman.[Obs.]
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3.
Those who are not of a certain profession, as law or medicine, in distinction from those belonging to it.