See Also: deontologist(medicine)

laity (iou) and deontologist (medicine)


laity (iou)



laity noun. LME.
[from LAY adjective + -ITY.]
I. Treated as sing. & (usu.) collect. pl.
The body of people not in ecclesiastical orders as opp. to the clergy; lay people collectively. LME.
D. Cupitt Christianity makes a sharper distinction than Other faiths between the clergy and the laity.
Those people not following some particular profession or occupation, or not knowledgeable in some particular subject. M19.
G. B. Shaw All Careers,_Industries_-_Professions.html">Professions are conspiracies against the laity.
II.
The condition or state of being a lay person. E17.

deontologist (medicine)


deontologist


One versed in deontology.

Source: Websters Dictionary