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The group of all Christians who were not clergy. An individual became a ‘layperson’, a member of the Christian laity, through baptism. Lay status required a layperson to master a ...

Subjects: History — Early history (500 CE to 1500)

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laity
in The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages Length: 250 words
Laity
in The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium Length: 326 words
Laity
in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1 rev) Length: 102 words
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in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (2 rev) Length: 96 words

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