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laity
laymen, as distinguished from clergymen


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A quotation from the Bible came to my lips, but I held my tongue, for I know that clergymen think it a little blasphemous when the laity poach upon their preserves.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
Viewed by this light it becomes a coherent scheme and not the monstrous maze the laity are apt to think it.
Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context
``Mine honest friend,'' said he, ``if the jangling of thy bells bad not dizzied thine understanding, thou mightst know Clericus clericum non decimat; that is to say, we churchmen do not exhaust each other's hospitality, but rather require that of the laity, giving them thus an opportunity to serve God in honouring and relieving his appointed servants.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
 
 
 
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