Laity
Pronunciation : La"i*ty
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [See Lay, a.]
Definition : 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. [Obs.] Ayliffe.
3. Those who are not of a certain profession, as law or medicine, in distinction from those belonging to it.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913