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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archivesa place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved
divestto deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title
forthcomingbeing about to appear or to be produced or made available
memoiran official note or report : memorandum
harbora place of security and comfort : refuge
gobbleto swallow or eat greedily
chimericalexisting only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary
schematicof or relating to a scheme or schema
phyluma direct line of descent within a group
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