Meaning of LAYMAN
| Pronunciation: | | 'leymun
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| | Definition: | | [n] someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person |
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| | Synonyms: | | layperson |
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| | Antonyms: | | clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend | | |
| | See Also: | | common man, common person, commoner, laity, lay reader, temporalty | |
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| | Definition: | | \Lay"man\n.; pl. {Laymen}. [Lay, adj. + man.]
1. 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.
Being a layman, I ought not to have concerned myself with
speculations which belong to the profession. --Dryden.
2. A lay figure. See under {Lay}, n. (above). --Dryden
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