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English
From Latin laitas, from Greek λαός, people

Noun
laity

1. people, people of a church who are not ordained clergy or clerics.
2. the common man or woman
3. the unlearned, untrained or ignorant as in "The Layman's Guide to Basket Weaving"

Related terms
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