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layperson

[ UK /lˈe‍ɪpəsən/ ]
[ US /ɫeɪˈpɝsɪn/ ]
NOUN
  1. someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person

How To Use layperson In A Sentence

  • But laypersons should not hesitate to involve themselves in the intellectual apostolate.
  • This is a time-honoured comedy, which, in layperson's terms, means old-fashioned.
  • In a slightly different vein, the poems also propose an invisibly humble layperson's version of an engaged Zen Buddhist life.
  • He observed that if a naturalist walks through a forest, they would see things that no layperson would see.
  • The layperson responsible for keeping things in ritual order in the synagogue points out two Russian seniors to Mark.
  • The layperson cannot really understand mental illness.
  • For example, what other layperson would describe diesel engines as "nonpolluting"? EconLog Book Club: For a New Liberty, Chapter 13, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
  • The layperson cannot really understand mental illness.
  • To the layperson it's gobbledygook unless, firstly, you know your law, and, secondly, you know the business.
  • She has an affinity for reduction prints, which, to the layperson, seem inconceivably complex.
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