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laity

noun as in believers

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Many ex-members I spoke with felt like financial matters were off limits from the laity.

The nuns were forbidden to visit the laity in Romsey, and other like ordinances were enjoined.

The magistrates and the laity insisted that the clergy must bear their share of the common burden.

The laity are awaking to the fact that priests are strenuously endeavouring to quench the light of reason in the fogs of faith.

This answer would be exhaustive, if it were the fact that the laity made the law for the theologians.

Formamint Tablets are widely advertised and extravagantly exploited to the laity in Great Britain.

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On this page you'll find 7 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to laity, such as: laymen, congregation, parish, laypeople, and laywomen.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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