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Laypeople



 
  Laypeople may refer to:

  • the laity
    Laity

    In religious organizations, the laity comprises all persons who are not clergy. A person who is a member of a religious order who is not Holy Orders clergy is considered as a member of the laity, even though they are members of a religious order ....
    , that is, people who are members of a church but are not ordained members of the clergy
    Clergy

    Clergy is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given religion. The term comes from the Greek language ?????? - kleros, "a lot", "that which is assigned by lot" or metaphorically, "heritage"....
    ; or
  • any people (referred to as "laymen" or "laywomen") who are not expert
    Expert

    An "expert" is someone widely recognized as a reliabilism source of wikt:technique or skill whose faculty for judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely is accorded authority and status by their Peer groups or the public in a specific well distinguished domain....
    s in a particular field of study.