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A Dictionary of the Bible (2 ed.)
In the present‐day Church the laity are those members who are not ordained *ministers. In the NT (1
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The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages
The group of all Christians who were not *clergy. An individual became a ‘layperson’, a member of the Christian
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Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
The word “lay” (in Latin laicus) comes from the Greek laios, whose primary meaning is “people” but which,
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
(Gk., laos, ‘people’).
Baptized Christians who are not clergy or ordained to specific ministry (i.e. the majority). Since the
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The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation
New ideas about the laity—the ordinary believers outside the clergy—fueled Reformation debates and characterized Reformation thought. The medieval church used
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Aristeides Papadakis and Alexander Kazhdan
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
(pl. λαϊκοί from laos, people), term denoting the nonclerical element of the Christian community, in contrast to its clergy. Unknown in the New Testament, the term was used by Clement of ...
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