LAYPERSON

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person

Synonyms:

layman; layperson; secular

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("layperson" is a kind of...):

common man; common person; commoner (a person who holds no title)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "layperson"):

lay reader (a layman who is authorized by the bishop to read parts of the service in an Anglican or Episcopal church)

Holonyms ("layperson" is a member of...):

laity; temporalty (in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy)