Laity
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In religious organizations, the laity – individually a layperson, layman or laywoman – consists of all members who are not part of the clergy, usually including any non-ordained members of religious o
The person standing in the pulpit wearing vestments is a cleric, whereas the people seated below are of the laity.
Clergy
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Clergy are leaders within established religions. Their roles and functions vary in different religious traditions, but usually involve presiding over specific rituals and teaching their religion's doc
Laity
…In religious organizations, the laity () – individually a layperson, layman or laywoman – consists of all members who are not part of the clergy, usually including any non-ordained members of religious orders, e.g., a nun or a lay brother. In secular usage, by extension, a layperson is a person…
14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso in 2007
Bishop Maurício Andrade, primate of the Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil, gives a crosier to Bishop Saulo Barros.
Sir George Fleming, 2nd Baronet, British churchman.
Charles Wesley Leffingwell, Episcopal priest.