Antonyms of noun clergy

1 sense of clergy

Sense 1
clergy -- (in Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity))
       Antonym of laity (Sense 1)
      => laity, temporalty -- (in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun clergy

1 sense of clergy

Sense 1
clergy -- (in Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity))
       => priesthood -- (the body of ordained religious practitioners)