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Medical Definition of Lai-ty
1. 1. The people, as distinguished from the clergy; the body of the people not in orders. "A rising up of the laity against the sacerdotal caste." (Macaulay) 2. The state of a layman. 3. Those who are not of a certain profession, as law or medicine, in distinction from those belonging to it. See: Lay. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)