| 单词 | laity |
| 释义 | laity (once / 3335 pages) n If you are a member of a religious group, but you are not an ordained minister or priest, then you are a member of the laity. Sometimes members of the laity will play a role in the church service, for example, doing one of the readings or running a youth group. The noun laity is from the word lay, and lay person has a similar church meaning. The word lay itself is from the Greek word laikos meaning "of the people." The meaning of the word laity is sometimes expanded to refer to non-professionals workers, as opposed to professionals in a field. Volunteers are the laity of elementary education, and if you volunteer at a school, you can make a huge difference in a child's life. WORD FAMILYlay: laily, laity, layer, laying, lays, mislay, overlay, underlay+/interlayer: interlayers/layer: interlayer, layered, layering, layers/laying: layings/mislay: mislayed, mislaying, mislays/overlay: overlaid, overlayed, overlayer, overlaying, overlays/overlayer: overlayers/underlay: underlaid, underlayed, underlaying, underlayment, underlays USAGE EXAMPLESWith a few statistical sleights of hand and enormous heaps of professional contempt for the laity, academics helped to shut down that debate. The Guardian(Nov 29, 2016) He calls this the “Reformation moment” for the health-care industry, in which “the laity get access to their records and can interpret them for themselves”. Economist(Nov 17, 2016) Francis in August named him to head the big new Vatican secretariat for laity, family and life issues. Washington Times(Oct 09, 2016) n in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy Syn|Ant|Hyper temporalty clergy in Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity) hoi polloi, mass, masses, multitude, people, the great unwashed the common people generally |
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