Clergy
Clergy noun - The group ordained to perform clerical functions in the Christian church.
Usage example: when people find out she's a member of the clergy, they suddenly change their manner
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Laity
Laity noun - In Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy.
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- Additionally, while the Church accepts evolution, individual laity or clergy may not.
Source: Artistic License Religion -
Unlike the Religion of Evil, an openly evil religion, the teachings may still be sound, and there may be good-hearted people in it yet — usually laity or low-ranking clergy, even a Good Shepherd — though neither of these can be counted on.
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However, by the end of the Middle Ages many Catholic and the new Protestant laity believed in witchcraft anyway due to cultural assimilation of pagan folk legends and took to killing alleged witches, often with the support of their local clergy.
Source: Series / True Blood
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