layman
/ˈleɪmən/ noun C1- Layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy.
- Someone who is not a professional in a given field. · Carmen is not a professional anthropologist, but strictly a layman.· Let me explain it to you [[in layman's terms|in layman's terms]].
- A common person.
- A person who is untrained or lacks knowledge of a subject.
- Lay-sister or lay-brother, person received into a convent of monks, following the vows, but not being member of the order.
Plural laymen
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