Laity
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LAITY. Those persons who do not make a part of the clergy. In the United States the division of the people into clergy and laity is not authorized by law, but is, merely conventional.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.