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layperson

DEFINITIONS OF: layperson

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n someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person

Synonyms:
layman, secular
Antonyms:
clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend
a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church
Types:
lay reader
a layman who is authorized by the bishop to read parts of the service in an Anglican or Episcopal church
Type of:
common man, common person, commoner
a person who holds no title
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