layfolk
Ordinary church members
Layfolk are ordinary people as distinguished from those with specialized knowledge or professional standing in a particular field.
The term most often contrasts with clergy—layfolk being church members who aren't ordained—but extends to any domain: The technical manual was written for layfolk, not engineers.
Also layperson, laypeople.
Nonprofessional participants
- novicesInexperienced newcomers
- uninitiatedLacking specialized knowledge
- neophytesInexperienced newcomers
- beginnersThose newly learning
outsiders · generalists · nonprofessionals · dilettantes · dabblers · hobbyists · enthusiasts · curious
Members of local congregation
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- believersThose having faith
- worshipersThose who show reverence
- flockAnimals gathered together
faithful · laity · churchgoers · devotees · adherents · disciples · followers · brethren
Not involving worship
- unchurchedNot belonging to congregation
- secularNonreligious, worldly
- worldlyExperienced in practical affairs
- temporalRelating to chronology
profane · earthly · mundane · civil · nonspiritual · unordained · nonclerical · unconsecrated
amateurs
Nonprofessional participants
- novicesInexperienced newcomers
- uninitiatedLacking specialized knowledge
- neophytesInexperienced newcomers
beginners · outsiders · generalists · nonprofessionals · dilettantes · dabblers · hobbyists · enthusiasts · curious · unspecialized
parishioners
Members of local congregation
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- believersThose having faith
- worshipersThose who show reverence
flock · faithful · laity · churchgoers · devotees · adherents · disciples · followers · brethren · assembly
nonreligious
Not involving worship
- unchurchedNot belonging to congregation
- secularNonreligious, worldly
- worldlyExperienced in practical affairs
temporal · profane · earthly · mundane · civil · nonspiritual · unordained · nonclerical · unconsecrated · humanist
layfolkexperts
Highly skilled practitioners
professionals · specialists · practitioners · authorities · cognoscenti
lay, folk, layman, laymen, laywoman, laywomen, laypeople, layperson, folks