Antonyms of noun laity

1 sense of laity

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

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

1 sense of laity

Sense 1
laity, temporalty -- (in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy)
       => multitude, masses, mass, hoi polloi, people, the great unwashed -- (the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people")