Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Laity

Laity (lā"i*ty) , noun

[See Lay, a.]

1.
The people, as distinguished from the clergy; the body of the people not in orders.
A rising up of the laity against the sacerdotal caste. — Macaulay
2.
The state of a layman. [Obsolete] — Ayliffe
3.
Those who are not of a certain profession, as law or medicine, in distinction from those belonging to it.