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Definition of Layman

1. Noun. Someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person.

Definition of Layman

1. n. One of the people, in distinction from the clergy; one of the laity; sometimes, a man not belonging to some particular profession, in distinction from those who do.

Definition of Layman

1. Noun. layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy ¹

2. Noun. by analogy, someone who is not a professional in a given field ¹

3. Noun. a common person ¹

4. Noun. a person who is untrained or lacks knowledge of a subject ¹

5. Noun. a generally ignorant person ¹

6. Noun. lay-sister or lay-brother, person received into a convent of monks, following the vows, but not being member of the order ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Layman

1. a member of the laity [n LAYMEN]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Layman

Literary usage of Layman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Initials and Pseudonyms: A Dictionary of Literary Disguises by William Cushing (1888)
"layman, ADP J'rimt. Letters addressed to a Baptist clergyman on the doctrine of ... layman, A. Edgar Taylor. The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour ..."

2. Initials and Pseudonyms: A Dictionary of Literary Disguises by William Cushing (1888)
"layman, ADP Prime. Letters addressed to a Baptist clergyman on the doctrine ... layman, A. William Falconer. Observations on the words which the centurion ..."

3. Buddhist Legends by Buddhaghosa, Eugene Watson Burlingame (1921)
"Now a certain treasurer, seeing that the layman had come to the door of his shop, became angry and thought to himself, "Here is a layman who, ..."

4. The English Review (1852)
"By Mr. ROGER LAURENCE, a layman of Queen Anne's Time. London: Masters. Tins tract is published with a view of showing that the doctrines on confession now ..."

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