lay persons
Outsiders to profession
Lay persons are people without specialized training or professional standing in a particular field.
The term usually contrasts with clergy, lawyers, doctors, or other experts: The manual is written for lay persons, not engineers.
Also spelled as one word: laypersons.
The singular is lay person or layperson.
- amateurNonprofessional participant
- untrainedLacking learned skills
- congregantsMembers attending religious services
- parishionersMembers of local congregation
- laymenThose lacking specialized knowledge
untrained eye · nonexpert · laity · nonclerical · novice · nonprofessional · unqualified · commoners · rank and file · man on the street · seculars · inexperienced · neophyte · nonordained · civilian · churchgoers · beginner · worshippers
- litigation partiesparties, plaintiffs, defendants, litigants, petitioners
lay personsclergy
Ordained religious officials collectively
priests · ordained ministers · clerics · religious · pastors
lay personsexperts
Highly skilled practitioners
professionals · specialists · authorities · practitioners · technicians