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LAYMAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("layman" is a kind of...):
common man; common person; commoner (a person who holds no title)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "layman"):
lay reader (a layman who is authorized by the bishop to read parts of the service in an Anglican or Episcopal church)
Holonyms ("layman" is a member of...):
laity; temporalty (in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy)
Antonym:
clergyman (a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church)