Definizione monolingua

layman

layman (plural laymen)

1. layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy
2. by analogy, someone who is not a professional in a given field

   Carmen is not a professional anthropologist, but strictly a layman.

   Let me explain it to you in laymans terms.

3. a common person
4. a person who is untrained or lacks knowledge of a subject
   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 221d.

     should he be held to be just a layman, or does he have some art?

5. a generally ignorant person
6. lay-sister or lay-brother, person received into a convent of monks, following the vows, but not being member of the order

Definizione dizionario layman

	laico
	someone who is not an ordained cleric
	Una persona che non è stata consacrata prete.
	A person who has not been consecrated as a priest.

	profano
	someone who is not an ordained cleric
	someone who is not a professional in a given field

Altri significati:

a generally ignorant person

a common person

layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy

a person who is untrained or lacks knowledge of a subject

lay-sister or lay-brother, person received into a convent of monks, following the vows, but not being member of the order

by analogy, someone who is not a professional in a given field