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laity n.普通信徒；外行人 (1) 新的建议与神职人员和俗人都有关系。(2) 因此，他的讲道面向的不只是世俗之人，也面向神职人员。(3) 当他们被宇宙里一切存在拥有时候，它们就存在于外行人的头脑中。 The noun laity is from the word lay, and lay person has a similar church meaning. The word lay itself is from the Greek word laikos meaning "of the people." The meaning of the word laity is sometimes expanded to refer to non-professionals workers, as opposed to professionals in a field. Volunteers are the laity of elementary education, and if you volunteer at a school, you can make a huge difference in a child's life.

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英 ['leɪəti] 美 ['leɪəti] (1) The new proposals affect both clergy and laity.(2) Thus, his preaching was directed at not only the laity, but the clergy as well.(3) As they are possessed by all beings in the universe, they exist in the mind of the laity. If you are a member of a religious group, but you are not an ordained minister or priest, then you are a member of the laity. Sometimes members of the laity will play a role in the church service, for example, doing one of the readings or running a youth group. 1[N-SING-COLL 单数集合名词]（参与教会工作的）俗人，俗众 The laity are all the people involved in the work of a church who are not clergymen, monks, or nuns.   [also no det]The Church and the laity were increasingly active in charity work...教会与俗众越来越积极参与慈善工作。Clergy and laity alike are divided in their views.神职人员和信众同样都观点各异。

英语单词	laity
英美音标	英 ['leɪəti] 美 ['leɪəti]
中文释义	n.普通信徒；外行人
英语例句	(1) The new proposals affect both clergy and laity. (2) Thus, his preaching was directed at not only the laity, but the clergy as well. (3) As they are possessed by all beings in the universe, they exist in the mind of the laity.
中文例句	(1) 新的建议与神职人员和俗人都有关系。 (2) 因此，他的讲道面向的不只是世俗之人，也面向神职人员。 (3) 当他们被宇宙里一切存在拥有时候，它们就存在于外行人的头脑中。
vocabulary简明	If you are a member of a religious group, but you are not an ordained minister or priest, then you are a member of the laity. Sometimes members of the laity will play a role in the church service, for example, doing one of the readings or running a youth group.
vocabulary扩展	The noun laity is from the word lay, and lay person has a similar church meaning. The word lay itself is from the Greek word laikos meaning "of the people." The meaning of the word laity is sometimes expanded to refer to non-professionals workers, as opposed to professionals in a field. Volunteers are the laity of elementary education, and if you volunteer at a school, you can make a huge difference in a child's life.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-SING-COLL 单数集合名词]（参与教会工作的）俗人，俗众 The laity are all the people involved in the work of a church who are not clergymen, monks, or nuns. [also no det] The Church and the laity were increasingly active in charity work... 教会与俗众越来越积极参与慈善工作。 Clergy and laity alike are divided in their views. 神职人员和信众同样都观点各异。

Laity Church Word Clergy Lay Member Meaning 英