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lay people

[ley-pee-puhl]

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plural noun

laymen and laywomen collectively.

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noun

1.

a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.

2.

a person who is not a member of a given profession, as law or medicine.

Origin:
1970–75; lay(man) + -person

Usage note
See -person.

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