Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

997. Laity — N. laity, flock, fold, congregation, assembly, brethren,

people; society [U.S.]. temporality, secularization. layman, civilian; parishioner, catechumen; secularist. V. secularize. Adj. secular, lay, laical, civil, temporal, profane.