layman
Layman (from Greek λαός laós "people", via λαϊκός laikós " belonging to the people"; church Latin laicus "the [church] layman") means:
- in common parlance someone who has no specialist knowledge in a certain area
- in psychoanalysis someone who practices as a psychoanalyst without medical training
- Amateur , a person with specialist knowledge or training but who does not use it for a job
- in ecclesiastical and religious parlance someone who is not a clergyman, see layperson (religion)
- especially on the Buddhist context, see lay Buddhism
- in the administration of justice a person who has no legal knowledge and who acts as a decision-making body in court proceedings (lay judge), see honorary judge
Lāʻie also stands for:
- a place on Oʻahu, Hawaii, see Lāʻie (Hawaii)
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Wiktionary: layman - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
