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Noun: layperson (laypersons,laypeople)  'ley,pur-sun
  1. Someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
    "Can you translate the instructions in this manual for a layperson?";
    - layman, secular, laywoman

Derived forms: laypeople, laypersons

Type of: common man, common person, commoner

Part of: laity, temporalty

Encyclopedia: Layperson

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Lazarus
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