La″i‐ty (lā″ĭ‐ty̆), n. [See Lay, a.] 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. Ayliffe.
3. Those who are not of a certain profession, as law or medicine, in distinction from those belonging to it.