WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -What does laity mean? Laity is used in a religious context to collectively refer to the group of people who are regular members of a religious congregation and not members of the clergy-that is, people who are not religious officials like priests.

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Detailed explanation-3: -la·ity ˈlā-ət-ē plural laities. : the people of a religious faith who are not members of its clergy. : persons not of a particular profession.

Detailed explanation-4: -The laity and clergy, or clerics, belong to the same society, but do not occupy the same rank. The laity are the members of this society who remain where they were placed by baptism, while the clergy, even if only tonsured, have been raised by ordination to a higher class, and placed in the sacred hierarchy.