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==Origin==

==Origin==

Layman, ‘laity': In short: "laity" means "common people". The [[English]] word "laity" comes from the [[Greek]] laikos which meant "of the people", "common" (common, in the [[meaning]] "unholy", "unclean" and similar). The related verb laikoô meant "to make common", "to desecrate".

Layman, ‘laity': In short: "laity" means "common people". The [[English]] word [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laity ''laity''] comes from the [[Greek]] laikos which meant "of the people", "common" (common, in the [[meaning]] "unholy", "unclean" and similar). The related verb laikoô meant "to make common", "to desecrate".

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th Century]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th Century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1: a [[person]] who is not a member of the [[clergy]]

*1: a [[person]] who is not a member of the [[clergy]]