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US /ˈleɪ.pɜɹ.sən/
Freq #98993

Meanings

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Synonyms
1 noun · one who is not intimately... nonexpertnonspecialist
More laicparishioner
Opposites
clericnonparishioner
Word family
Related forms amateurlay

Etymology

A lay (“non-clergy, nonclergy”) + person, along the lines of layman.

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