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Laity
Laity (Gk., laos, ‘people’). Baptized Christians who are not clergy or ordained to specific ministry (i.e. the majority). Since the New Testament envisages a priesthood of all believers, the place of the laity in the mission and life of the Church should be paramount. In fact, virtually the whole of mainstream Christianity is dominated by the ordained clergy, so far as control and decision-making is concerned. The term is now also applied to people in other religions who are not among the formally accredited personnel—e.g., in Buddhism, those who do not belong to the sangha, the community of bhikkhus, i.e. upāsaka.
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JOHN BOWKER. "Laity." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN BOWKER. "Laity." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Laity.html JOHN BOWKER. "Laity." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Laity.html |
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laity. A lay person is a member of the Church who does not belong to the clergy or (in some traditions) to a religious order. Emphasis on the sharp distinction between clergy and laity in the RC Church was modified by the Second Vatican Council, which stressed the role of the laity as part of the ‘people of God’ (e.g. in worship) and underlined their vocation to improve the social order. In the C of E an enhanced role was assigned to the laity in the government of the Church by the Synodical Government Measure 1969.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "laity." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "laity." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-laity.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "laity." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-laity.html |
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laity In the present-day Church the laity are those members who are not ordained ministers. In the NT (1 Pet. 2: 9–10; 1 Cor. 12: 4–7) the distinction is that God's gifts, of equal value, are diverse but necessary to the well-being of the whole body; the Greek laos refers to the whole Church or people of God, not to a subsidiary group within the whole.
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W. R. F. BROWNING. "laity." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. W. R. F. BROWNING. "laity." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-laity.html W. R. F. BROWNING. "laity." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-laity.html |
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la·i·ty / ˈlāətē/ • n. [usu. treated as pl.] (the laity) lay people, as distinct from the clergy. ∎ ordinary people, as distinct from professionals or experts. |
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"laity." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "laity." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-laity.html "laity." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-laity.html |
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Laitylaymen collectively, 1616; non-professional in contrast with professionals in certain areas of work. |
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"Laity." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Laity." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505300894.html "Laity." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505300894.html |
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T. F. HOAD. "laity." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "laity." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-laity.html T. F. HOAD. "laity." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-laity.html |
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laity •banditti, bitty, chitty, city, committee, ditty, gritty, intercity, kitty, nitty-gritty, Pitti, pity, pretty, shitty, slitty, smriti, spitty, titty, vittae, witty
•fifty, fifty-fifty, nifty, shifty, swiftie, thrifty
•guilty, kiltie, silty
•flinty, linty, minty, shinty
•ballistae, Christie, Corpus Christi, misty, twisty, wristy
•sixty
•deity, gaiety (US gayety), laity, simultaneity, spontaneity
•contemporaneity, corporeity, femineity, heterogeneity, homogeneity
•anxiety, contrariety, dubiety, impiety, impropriety, inebriety, notoriety, piety, satiety, sobriety, ubiety, variety
•moiety
•acuity, ambiguity, annuity, assiduity, congruity, contiguity, continuity, exiguity, fatuity, fortuity, gratuity, ingenuity, perpetuity, perspicuity, promiscuity, suety, superfluity, tenuity, vacuity
•rabbity
•improbity, probity
•acerbity • witchetty • crotchety
•heredity
•acidity, acridity, aridity, avidity, cupidity, flaccidity, fluidity, frigidity, humidity, hybridity, insipidity, intrepidity, limpidity, liquidity, lividity, lucidity, morbidity, placidity, putridity, quiddity, rabidity, rancidity, rapidity, rigidity, solidity, stolidity, stupidity, tepidity, timidity, torpidity, torridity, turgidity, validity, vapidity
•commodity, oddity
•immodesty, modesty
•crudity, nudity
•fecundity, jocundity, moribundity, profundity, rotundity, rubicundity
•absurdity • difficulty • gadgety
•majesty • fidgety • rackety
•pernickety, rickety
•biscuity
•banality, duality, fatality, finality, ideality, legality, locality, modality, morality, natality, orality, reality, regality, rurality, tonality, totality, venality, vitality, vocality
•fidelity
•ability, agility, civility, debility, docility, edibility, facility, fertility, flexility, fragility, futility, gentility, hostility, humility, imbecility, infantility, juvenility, liability, mobility, nihility, nobility, nubility, puerility, senility, servility, stability, sterility, tactility, tranquillity (US tranquility), usability, utility, versatility, viability, virility, volatility
•ringlety
•equality, frivolity, jollity, polity, quality
•credulity, garrulity, sedulity
•nullity
•amity, calamity
•extremity • enmity
•anonymity, dimity, equanimity, magnanimity, proximity, pseudonymity, pusillanimity, unanimity
•comity
•conformity, deformity, enormity, multiformity, uniformity
•subcommittee • pepperminty
•infirmity
•Christianity, humanity, inanity, profanity, sanity, urbanity, vanity
•amnesty
•lenity, obscenity, serenity
•indemnity, solemnity
•mundanity • amenity
•affinity, asininity, clandestinity, divinity, femininity, infinity, masculinity, salinity, trinity, vicinity, virginity
•benignity, dignity, malignity
•honesty
•community, immunity, importunity, impunity, opportunity, unity
•confraternity, eternity, fraternity, maternity, modernity, paternity, taciturnity
•serendipity, snippety
•uppity
•angularity, barbarity, bipolarity, charity, circularity, clarity, complementarity, familiarity, granularity, hilarity, insularity, irregularity, jocularity, linearity, parity, particularity, peculiarity, polarity, popularity, regularity, secularity, similarity, singularity, solidarity, subsidiarity, unitarity, vernacularity, vulgarity
•alacrity • sacristy
•ambidexterity, asperity, austerity, celerity, dexterity, ferrety, posterity, prosperity, severity, sincerity, temerity, verity
•celebrity • integrity • rarity
•authority, inferiority, juniority, majority, minority, priority, seniority, sonority, sorority, superiority
•mediocrity • sovereignty • salubrity
•entirety
•futurity, immaturity, impurity, maturity, obscurity, purity, security, surety
•touristy
•audacity, capacity, fugacity, loquacity, mendacity, opacity, perspicacity, pertinacity, pugnacity, rapacity, sagacity, sequacity, tenacity, veracity, vivacity, voracity
•laxity
•sparsity, varsity
•necessity
•complexity, perplexity
•density, immensity, propensity, tensity
•scarcity • obesity
•felicity, toxicity
•fixity, prolixity
•benedicite, nicety
•anfractuosity, animosity, atrocity, bellicosity, curiosity, fabulosity, ferocity, generosity, grandiosity, impecuniosity, impetuosity, jocosity, luminosity, monstrosity, nebulosity, pomposity, ponderosity, porosity, preciosity, precocity, reciprocity, religiosity, scrupulosity, sinuosity, sumptuosity, velocity, verbosity, virtuosity, viscosity
•paucity • falsity • caducity • russety
•adversity, biodiversity, diversity, perversity, university
•sacrosanctity, sanctity
•chastity
•entity, identity
•quantity • certainty
•cavity, concavity, depravity, gravity
•travesty • suavity
•brevity, levity, longevity
•velvety • naivety
•activity, nativity
•equity
•antiquity, iniquity, obliquity, ubiquity
•propinquity
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"laity." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "laity." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-laity.html "laity." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-laity.html |
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