laity

noun

1. （统称）平信徒
   all the members of a Church who are not clergy

1. N-SING-COLL （参与教会工作的）俗人，俗众
   The laity are all the people involved in the work of a church who are not clergymen, monks, or nuns.
   1. The Church and the laity were increasingly active in charity work...
      教会与俗众越来越积极参与慈善工作。
   2. Clergy and laity alike are divided in their views.
      神职人员和信众同样都观点各异。

1. The Church and the laity were increasingly active in charity work
   教会与俗众越来越积极参与慈善工作。
2. Clergy and laity alike are divided in their views.
   神职人员和信众同样都观点各异。
3. We believe in the priesthood of all believers, the parity of ministers and the laity.
   信徒皆为祭司，受职者与平信徒同心服事。
4. All this, it must be understood, was genuinely and firmly believed both by priests and by laity; it was not merely a creed officially professed.
   我们须知所有这一切，不止是公开宣布的信条，而是为僧俗两界所共同坚信不疑的。
5. Clergymen collectively ( as distinguished from the laity).
   全体神职人员（区别于俗人）。
6. The laity, however, everywhere preferred their priests celibate.
   然而，俗众却到处渴望他们的祭司过独身生活。
7. Laity: hi, bgkc, I have a qummn for you.
   拉里：迈克，你好，我有个问题想问你。
8. The new proposals affect both clergy and laity.
   新的建议与神职人员和俗人都有关系。
9. On this last truth are based especially the permissibility and intrinsic propriety of Communion only under one kind for the laity and for priests not celebrating Mass.
   就最后这一点真理，是基于尤其是允许性和内在的正当性共融的，只有在一类为俗人和牧师没有庆祝质量。
10. Everywhere, Buddhist monastic communities tended to depend on the laity for food and material support.
    无处不在，佛教寺院的社区往往依赖于俗人对粮食和物质上的支持。
11. He called on the laity not to attend mass when celebrated by a recalcitrant priest.
    他号召俗众不去参加那些拒不听命的祭司为人举行的弥撒。
12. To some extent this pattern was extended to the laity as well.
    在一定程度上这种模式扩大到俗人的。
13. Bible-reading laity is a nation's surest defence against error.
    一位阅读圣经的平民是一个国家面对错谬时最坚定的防卫。
14. Is the same as eating whole grains withstand a head and enjoy a lifetime of the laity.
    一样是顶着一颗脑袋吃着五谷杂粮享受有生之年的俗人一个。
15. Their decisions have been accepted by the clergy and the laity of all times, making their validity indisputable.
    他们的决定已经被接受，由教士和俗人的任何时候，其效力不容置疑的。
16. A quotation from the Bible came to my lips, but I held my tongue, for I know that clergymen think it a little blasphemous when the laity poach upon their preserves.
    《圣经》上的另一句话也到了我的唇边，但是我却控制着自己，没有说出来，因为我知道牧师不喜欢俗人侵犯他们的领域，他们认为这是有渎神明的。
17. To tell the laity our love.
    如果向俗人把我们的爱情倾诉。
18. From the very beginning of church history, bishops were elected by the laity and clergy of the various local churches, or dioceses.
    自从教会存在的那一刻起，主教就是由各地教会或各教区的神职和平信徒共同选举产生的。
19. Buddhism contains an excellent moral code for monks and laity, but it is much more than an.
    教为比丘和在家人制订了很好的戒律，但是它比一般的道德教学要求得更高。
20. Taken away by a human being means that a Bhikkhu lives, mingling improperly with laity.
    被人所取是指比丘不如法地跟俗人混在一起。
21. I admit that my own money in the face of the laity is a great, so I could not also have their own disappointment.
    我承认，我自己在面对金钱时也是一个大大的俗人，所以我对自己也有着说不出的失望。
22. I think the laity is ready for it, but I don't think the leadership is developed that way.
    我认为俗人准备，但我不认为是发达国家的领导方式。
23. General: That the laity and the Christian communities may be responsible promoters of priestly and religious vocations.
    总祈祷意向：愿平信徒和基督徒团体成为司铎和修会圣召负责任的推动者。
24. One of the pivotal concepts behind the rites and festivals of Buddhist laity and monks is that of offering.
    其中的关键概念背后的宗教仪式和节日的佛教俗人和僧侣，是提供。
25. Though the literary activities and deliberately flaunted unique way of life, the scholars embody the distinction with laity, but their essence has been completely secular. So the odes they are writing out clearly shows the tendency of life and secularization.
    他们与俗人的区别，只是从文学活动与故意标榜的独特的生活方式上体现出来，其精神实质却已完全世俗化了，其创作出来的辞赋作品也明显呈现出生活化、世俗化的倾向。

noun

1. in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy

   Synonym:    temporalty