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English

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Etymology

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A lay (non-clergy, nonclergy) +‎ person, along the lines of layman.

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Noun

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layperson (plural laypeople or laypersons)

  1. A person who is not a cleric.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:layperson
    Hyponyms: layman, laywoman
    Holonyms: laity; see also Thesaurus:laity
    • 2003, Diarmaid MacCulloch, The Reformation: A History, Penguin, →ISBN, page 16:
      We should not underestimate European laypeople. They were perfectly capable of thinking for themselves, particularly about death, a religious theme in which everyone had an investment and about which everyone was likely to have an opinion. There is no need to invoke the idea of systematic pagan survival to account for this: Europe’s mass Christianization had been a steady if piecemeal process from the sixth century through to the fourteenth.
  2. One who is not intimately familiar with a given subject or activity.
    Synonyms: nonexpert, nonspecialist
    Antonyms: aficionado, expert, professional, specialist
    The book was written for professionals, but an intelligent layperson could understand most of it.

Related terms

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  • lay (adjective)

Translations

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one who is not a cleric
one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject see also normie

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