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laity

members of a religion who are not a part of the clergy
Organization religious_group Q15407657
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laity

Summary

laity is a religious group[1]. laity draws 1,164 Wikipedia views per month (religious_group category, ranking #5 of 12).[2]

Key Facts

  • laity's instance of is recorded as religious group[3].
  • laity is a type of believer[4].
  • laity's said to be the same as is recorded as layperson[5].
  • laity is the opposite of clergy[6].
  • laity's different from is recorded as commoner[7].

Why It Matters

laity draws 1,164 Wikipedia views per month (religious_group category, ranking #5 of 12).[2] laity has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] laity is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Different from → commoner
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → believer
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 8003, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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