laymen

Noun

layman (plural laymen)

1. Layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy.
2. (broadly) Someone who is not a professional in a given field.
   • Carmen is not a professional anthropologist, but strictly a layman.

   Antonyms:

   professional

3. A common person.
4. A person who is untrained or lacks knowledge of a subject.
   • should he be held to be just a layman, or does he have some art?2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 221d

   Antonyms:

   expert, specialist

5. Lay-sister or lay-brother, person received into a convent of monks, following the vows, but not being member of the order.

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