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Clergyman vs Laity - What's the difference?

clergyman | laity |

As nouns the difference between clergyman and laity

is that clergyman is an ordained (male) Christian minister, a male member of the clergy while laity is people of a church who are not ordained clergy or clerics.

clergyman

English

Noun

(clergymen)
  • An ordained (male) Christian minister, a male member of the clergy.

    • Coordinate terms

    * clergywoman

    Hypernyms

    * clergyperson

    Holonyms

    * clergy

    laity

    English

    Noun

    (laities)
  • people of a church who are not ordained clergy or clerics.
  • the common man or woman
  • the unlearned, untrained or ignorant as in “The Layman’s Guide to Basket Weaving”

    • Related terms

    * * layman

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