laity

Meaning

1. People of a church who are not ordained clergy or clerics.
2. The common man or woman.
3. The unlearned, untrained or ignorant.

Synonyms

layman

temporalty

layperson

follower

believer

adherent

vulgarity

world

🗺️

worldliness

mundane things

religious worshipper

customs

🛃

householder

manners

people

🧑‍🤝‍🧑

uninitiate

Translations

laïcat

laicado

λαϊκοί

laico

laicato

populus

🧑‍🤝‍🧑

Laie

os fiés que não fazem parte do clero

laicità

Laico

meslekten olmayanlar

العلماني

rahip sınıfından olmayanlar

Anhänger

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈleɪ.ə.ti/

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman laite, from Latin laitas, from Ancient Greek λαός (laós, “people”).