laity

英 ['leɪəti] 美 ['leɪəti]

• n. 普通信徒；外行人

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 俗人，凡人
2. 外行，门外汉
3. 平信徒
4. 普通信徒

英英释义

Noun:

1. in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The new proposals affect both clergy and laity.
   新的建议与神职人员和俗人都有关系。
2. Thus, his preaching was directed at not only the laity, but the clergy as well.
   因此，他的讲道面向的不只是世俗之人，也面向神职人员。
3. As they are possessed by all beings in the universe, they exist in the mind of the laity.
   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。

经典引文

• Christianity makes a sharper distinction than other faiths between the clergy and the laity.

  出自： D. Cupitt

近反义词

【近义词】

• congregation 教堂会众
• uninitiated 缺乏某种特定知识和经验的...
• temporalty <古>[总称]俗人...

【反义词】

• ecclesiastic 神职者
• clergy [总称]牧师