nonclergy

Not ordained believers

Nonclergy refers to people who are not members of the clergy—the laity rather than ordained religious officials.

The term appears in contexts distinguishing between religious leaders and ordinary members of a faith community: The meeting was open to clergy and nonclergy alike.

laity

congregation

Assembled group of worshippers

parishionersMembers of local congregation
laypeopleThose outside a profession
laypersonNon-specialist or unordained person

layfolk · layman · laywoman · churchgoers · congregants · flock · faithful · worshipers · believers · communicants

secular

worldly

Experienced in practical affairs

temporalRelating to chronology
civilMinimally polite
mundaneCommonplace, lacking excitement

earthly · nonreligious · lay · civic · public · governmental · state · civilian · profane · material

Opposites

ordination status

nonclergyclergy

Ordained religious officials collectively

ordained · priesthood · ministers · priests · clerics

Family

clergy, clergyman, clergymen, clergywoman, clergywomen, clerical, cleric, clerics, clerk

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