laymen

/L EY1 M AH0 N/

noun

1
Layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy.
2
(by extension) Someone who is not a professional in a given field.
“Carmen is not a professional anthropologist, but strictly a layman.”
3
A common person.
4
A person who is untrained or lacks knowledge of a subject.
5
A generally ignorant person.
6
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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