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noun
Someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person.
synonyms: layman, secular.
is a specific kind of: common man, common person, commoner.
is a broader term that covers: lay reader.
is a member of: laity, temporalty.
is the opposite of: clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend.
Dutch: leek, oningewijdePolish: świecki, laik
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