Associations to the word «Layman»

Wiktionary

LAYMAN, noun. Layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy
LAYMAN, noun. By analogy, someone who is not a professional in a given field
LAYMAN, noun. A common person
LAYMAN, noun. A person who is untrained or lacks knowledge of a subject
LAYMAN, noun. A generally ignorant person
LAYMAN, noun. Lay-sister or lay-brother, person received into a convent of monks, following the vows, but not being member of the order

Dictionary definition

LAYMAN, noun. Someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope