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Definition of laity in English: laitynoun ˈleɪɪtiˈleɪədi 1usually treated as plural Lay people, as distinct from the clergy. （与神职人员相区别的）俗人 Example sentencesExamples - Clergy and laity in the western U.S. had sought clarity on the issue.
- Each will create a blurring of the boundaries between clergy and laity.
- For the sake of successful cooperation the respective responsibilities of clergy and laity must be clearly demarcated.
- For all clergy and laity who wish to talk about ‘the church in exile,’ this book is a must read.
- They hope to raise enough support to force the issue when Greek Orthodox clergy and laity convene next year in Los Angeles.
- In many cases it is being done by co-opting both the clergy and the laity, giving them no alternative except to acquiesce.
- People - laity and clergy - want to have a voice in who leads their diocese and how that leader functions.
- In times of crisis, leaders are needed who can inspire both clergy and laity.
- In a church rich with religious orders, it is peculiar for someone to write as if the Roman clergy and laity did not know the difference.
- The bishops - together with the laity and clergy - should be part of the creation of a healthy, revitalized church.
- We need a learned clergy and a learned laity to meet the demands and challenges of local church and community life and of being God's people in the world.
- I am rather asserting that the laity feels that church leadership does not know what it is talking about.
- Groups of clergy and laity are forming to ‘take back the church’ and to democratize it.
- Dr Ryan has emphasised throughout his period as bishop the importance of involving the laity in parish and church affairs.
- Some of our parishes are dull little affairs presided over by a fearful clergy and laity.
- An important reason for this stance was the view, widespread among both the laity and church leaders, that the Jews were a danger to society.
- Further, the council called on the entire church to evangelize the modern world through renewal of the laity's role.
- In Communist times, Catholic clergy and laity who did not convert to Orthodoxy were imprisoned in labor camps and often murdered.
- Still, some way must be found for the clergy and laity of the world to be involved in the choice.
- Today divorced and remarried clergy and laity serve the church faithfully as full partners.
Synonyms parishioners, parish, churchgoers, flock, fold, faithful, following, followers, adherents, believers, loyal members, fellowship, communicants, brethren, brothers and sisters, souls 2usually treated as plural Ordinary people, as distinct from professionals or experts. （与专业人士或专家相区别的）外行 Example sentencesExamples - Never did Shaw speak a truer word, that all professions are conspiracies against the laity.
OriginLate Middle English: from lay2 + -ity. Rhymesdeity, gaiety (US gayety), simultaneity, spontaneity Definition of laity in US English: laitynounˈlāədēˈleɪədi usually treated as plural the laity1Lay people, as distinct from the clergy. （与神职人员相区别的）俗人 Example sentencesExamples - We need a learned clergy and a learned laity to meet the demands and challenges of local church and community life and of being God's people in the world.
- In Communist times, Catholic clergy and laity who did not convert to Orthodoxy were imprisoned in labor camps and often murdered.
- The bishops - together with the laity and clergy - should be part of the creation of a healthy, revitalized church.
- Each will create a blurring of the boundaries between clergy and laity.
- Today divorced and remarried clergy and laity serve the church faithfully as full partners.
- In a church rich with religious orders, it is peculiar for someone to write as if the Roman clergy and laity did not know the difference.
- In many cases it is being done by co-opting both the clergy and the laity, giving them no alternative except to acquiesce.
- I am rather asserting that the laity feels that church leadership does not know what it is talking about.
- An important reason for this stance was the view, widespread among both the laity and church leaders, that the Jews were a danger to society.
- Dr Ryan has emphasised throughout his period as bishop the importance of involving the laity in parish and church affairs.
- In times of crisis, leaders are needed who can inspire both clergy and laity.
- Clergy and laity in the western U.S. had sought clarity on the issue.
- For the sake of successful cooperation the respective responsibilities of clergy and laity must be clearly demarcated.
- Further, the council called on the entire church to evangelize the modern world through renewal of the laity's role.
- They hope to raise enough support to force the issue when Greek Orthodox clergy and laity convene next year in Los Angeles.
- Some of our parishes are dull little affairs presided over by a fearful clergy and laity.
- Groups of clergy and laity are forming to ‘take back the church’ and to democratize it.
- For all clergy and laity who wish to talk about ‘the church in exile,’ this book is a must read.
- People - laity and clergy - want to have a voice in who leads their diocese and how that leader functions.
- Still, some way must be found for the clergy and laity of the world to be involved in the choice.
Synonyms parishioners, parish, churchgoers, flock, fold, faithful, following, followers, adherents, believers, loyal members, fellowship, communicants, brethren, brothers and sisters, souls - 1.1 Ordinary people, as distinct from professionals or experts.
（与专业人士或专家相区别的）外行 Example sentencesExamples - Never did Shaw speak a truer word, that all professions are conspiracies against the laity.
OriginLate Middle English: from lay + -ity. |