GRE Word List

LAITY

the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy

The meaning of the word laity is the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy.

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braga pompous or boastful statement
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anthropomorphicdescribed or thought of as having a human form or human attributes
mandatean authoritative command
schemea plan or program of action
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bickerpetulant quarreling : altercation
refractoryresisting control or authority : stubborn
rejoinderthe defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication