Examples of 'laity' in a sentence

Meaning of "laity"

laity (noun): the ordinary people within a religious group who are not part of the clergy
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  • People of a church who are not ordained clergy or clerics.
  • The common man or woman.
  • The unlearned, untrained or ignorant.

How to use "laity" in a sentence

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The laity is the answer to the lack of.
It promotes the role of the laity in evangelization.
Ensure laity are equipped and utilized in leadership.
There are so many more laity than clergy.
That the laity were also pardoned.
Other forms of simple exorcisms can be done by laity.
Religious and laity advisors are also invited to participate.
Most of them lived with the laity.
The church laity was kept in darkness.
The power of the church is in its laity.
The number of laity likely greatly exceeds this.
Difficulties prevalent among the laity.
And laity throughout the world.
The great majority became known as the laity.
The laity have a very important missionary potential.

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Priests and laity from portland.
Laity desire to have continued dialogue.
Advice for the laity and mosque committees.
No distinction between clergy and laity.
And the laity are deprived of their own resources.
This is a luxury afforded to the laity.
He let the laity take control.
Invite the involvement of all clergy and laity.
The clergy and laity are united against secularism.
It is not the prayer of the laity.
It was the laity which kept the orthodox faith.
Work and war were the domain of the laity.
Giving laity a priestly function exacerbates that problem.
Powerful women in religious orders went from being ordained to laity.
The laity overruled by the clergy.
Presidents of the pontifical council for the laity.
The laity are gathered together.
Between monks and the laity.
The growing role of the laity is written in terms of duration.
Recognizing the gifts of the laity.
The clergy and the laity are equally.
Laity are also accepted into the program as well.
He is also the founder of a laity brotherhood.
Clerics and laity are not to usurp each others rights.
God works in all the laity.
The issue was the role of laity in governance of the church.
Here too there is increasing space for the laity.
Many members urged the laity to boycott the film.
They were laity who defiantly refused to recant their faith.
It is here that partnership with the laity becomes crucial.
Separating the laity and making differences between brethren.
Settings for closer relationships between SDBs and laity.
The ratio of laity to clergy alternates every eight years.
The clergy were more harshly punished than the laity.
So the laity remains ignorant.

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