nonordained
Without holy orders
Nonordained describes someone who has not been formally ordained as a member of the clergy.
It distinguishes laypeople from priests, ministers, rabbis, or other religious officials who have undergone ordination rites: nonordained church members, a nonordained spiritual director.
The term appears mainly in religious and institutional contexts.
Non-specialist or unordained person
- congregantMember of a worship assembly
- parishionerMember of a congregation
- believerOne who accepts something
- worshipperOne who venerates
laity · faithful · churchgoer · devotee · follower · adherent · member · catechumen
Nonreligious, worldly
- worldlyExperienced in practical affairs
- temporalRelating to chronology
- mundaneCommonplace, lacking excitement
- earthlyOf this world
civil · nonreligious · humanist · agnostic · atheist · freethinker · rationalist · materialist
Not ritually sanctified
- unsanctifiedNot made holy
- unhallowedNot made sacred
- uninitiatedLacking specialized knowledge
- unconsecratedNot ritually dedicated
profane · secular · unanointed · uncommissioned · lay
Without official permit
- unaccreditedLacking official authorization
- uncertifiedLacking official approval
- unauthorizedNot officially permitted
- unofficialNot formally recognized
unqualified · unsanctioned · self-appointed · rogue · illegitimate · unrecognized · non-canonical · irregular
layperson
Non-specialist or unordained person
- congregantMember of a worship assembly
- parishionerMember of a congregation
- believerOne who accepts something
worshipper · laity · faithful · churchgoer · devotee · follower · adherent · member · catechumen · convert
secular
Nonreligious, worldly
- worldlyExperienced in practical affairs
- temporalRelating to chronology
- mundaneCommonplace, lacking excitement
earthly · civil · nonreligious · humanist · agnostic · atheist · freethinker · rationalist · materialist · secularist
unblessed
Not ritually sanctified
- unsanctifiedNot made holy
- unhallowedNot made sacred
- uninitiatedLacking specialized knowledge
unconsecrated · profane · secular · unanointed · uncommissioned · lay
unlicensed
Without official permit
- unaccreditedLacking official authorization
- uncertifiedLacking official approval
- unauthorizedNot officially permitted
unofficial · unqualified · unsanctioned · self-appointed · rogue · illegitimate · unrecognized · non-canonical · irregular · unendorsed