lai-ty Meaning, Definition & Usage

La"i-ty noun

Etymology

See Lay, a.

Definitions

1. 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.

2. The state of a layman. Obs. Ayliffe.
3. Those who are not of a certain profession, as law or medicine, in distinction from those belonging to it.