noun
- laypeople; members of a religious faith who are not clergy
Usage: formal; religious context
Examples
- The bishop met with both clergy and laics to discuss the new policy.
- Many laics volunteer their time to help with church activities.
- The council included both ordained ministers and laics from the congregation.
- Laics often serve as readers during religious services.
- The seminary offers courses for both future priests and interested laics.
- Medieval monasteries sometimes employed laics for manual labor.