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Laic vs Laity - What's the difference?

laic | laity |

As nouns the difference between laic and laity

is that laic is a layperson, as opposed to a member of the clergy while laity is people of a church who are not ordained clergy or clerics.

As an adjective laic

is lay, relating to laypersons, as opposed to clerical.

laic

English

Alternative forms

* laick (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A layperson, as opposed to a member of the clergy.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lay, relating to laypersons, as opposed to clerical.
  • *1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica
  • *:And in conclusion it reflects to the disrepute of our ministers ... [that] they should still be frequented with such an unprincipled, unedified and laic rabble, as that the whiff of every new pamphlet should stagger them out of their catechism and Christian walking.

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    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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