Definition of LAITY

Examples of laity in a Sentence

a member of the laity The laity has played an important role in the history of the church.

Recent Examples on the Web In the twentieth century, as early packet-switching networks evolved into the Internet, a generation of futurists and TED talkers emerged, explaining the new system to the laity in a spirit of wide-eyed techno-utopianism. — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, "The Dark Side of Techno-Utopianism," 23 Sep. 2019 Some Catholic commentators have speculated that Farrell must have at least heard the same rumors that some Catholic laity, students and professors at Catholic University in Washington and even some journalists had heard. — Nicole Winfield, Fox News, "US Vatican cardinal: "Not once did I even suspect" McCarrick," 31 July 2018 The canon does allow bishops to permit supplementary preaching by the laity when necessary or particularly advantageous. — Declan Leary, National Review, "What America Magazine Gets Wrong about the Mass," 24 July 2019 Among the laity there are now serious efforts to draft and institute reforms that would ensure bishops tell the truth and are held accountable. — William Mcgurn, WSJ, "When the Cardinal Sins," 30 July 2018 Their 2,300-page report, containing testimony from 64 victims, priests and laity, prompted Francis to do an about-face. — Washington Post, "Pope to give Chilean bishops a dressing-down on abuse errors," 14 May 2018 The laity should reclaim its centrality in the church. — Garry Wills, The New York Review of Books, "Garry Wills," 29 June 2016 Some Catholic commentators have speculated that Farrell must have at least heard the rumors that Catholic laity, students and professors at Catholic University in Washington and even some journalists had heard. — Nicole Winfield, The Seattle Times, "US Vatican cardinal: “Not once did I even suspect” McCarrick," 31 July 2018 Their 2,300-page report, containing testimony from 64 victims, priests and laity, prompted Francis to do an about-face. — Washington Post, "Pope to give Chilean bishops a dressing-down on abuse errors," 14 May 2018

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