Noun

(laymen)

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

by analogy, someone who is not a professional in a given field

Carmen is not a professional anthropologist, but strictly a layman .

Let me explain it to you in layman's terms.

a common person

a person who is untrained or lacks knowledge of a subject

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should he be held to be just a layman , or does he have some art?

a generally ignorant person

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

Noun

(en noun)

A religious clergyman who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple.

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A blunt tool, used for quickly stunning and killing fish.

(Mormonism) The highest office in the Aaronic priesthood.