laity
英 [ˈleɪəti]
美 [ˈleɪəti]
n. (统称)平信徒
Collins.1 / BNC.13164 / COCA.16071
牛津词典
noun
- （统称）平信徒
all the members of a Church who are not clergy
柯林斯词典
- N-SING-COLL （参与教会工作的）俗人，俗众
The laityare all the people involved in the work of a church who are not clergymen, monks, or nuns.- 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。 - Clergy and laity alike are divided in their views.
神职人员和信众同样都观点各异。
- The Church and the laity were increasingly active in charity work...
英英释义
noun
- in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - To tell the laity our love.
如果向俗人把我们的爱情倾诉。 - 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。