单词 | layperson |
释义 | laypersonn. A member of the laity; a layman or laywoman. One of numerous words replacing -man with -person to avoid definition by gender. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > laity > [noun] sheepc825 herdc1000 layc1330 flocka1340 fold1340 clergy1382 temporalty1387 lay-feec1425 temporalityc1485 laity?1541 lealty1548 people1549 layperson1972 society > faith > church government > laity > [noun] > member of worldhoodeOE man of the worlda1225 secularc1425 idiot?c1430 layman?a1475 lay?1533 beardling1568 laic1596 terrestrial1602 layperson1972 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > unfamiliarity with, inexperience > [noun] > non-expert layman1477 laywoman1922 layperson1972 1972 E. J. Goodman Tenant Survival Bk. ix. 121 Despite the prohibition against lay persons arguing at the bar, some small claims courts..are now permitting community advocates. 1975 Publishers Weekly 29 Dec. 63/2 He addresses himself to the layperson who has been, in his view, taken in by wrong-headed mystery-mongers. 1980 L. Botstein in L. Michaels & C. B. Ricks State of Lang. 353 The twentieth century has obliterated the skilled amateur and widened the gap between the technical professional and the layperson. 1986 Church Times 23 May 5/3 This [URC] Assembly was..presided over by its first layman as Moderator (not the first layperson; Mrs. Rosalind Goodfellow was that). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1972 |
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