nnoun.personsomeone who is not a clergyman or a professional personSynset:layman layperson
Antonyms:clergyman
Member Holonyms:laity temporalty
Hypernyms:common man common person commoner
Inherited Hypernyms:laymancommonerpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:laymancommonerpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:lay reader
adjadj.pertof or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerationsPertainyms:secularism
Inherited Hypernyms:secular
adjadj.allcharacteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual worldSynset:temporal worldly
Examples:- worldly goods and advancement
- temporal possessions of the church
Antonyms:unworldly
Derivationally Related Form:worldlinessworld
Inherited Hypernyms:worldly
Similar to:economic material materialistic mercenary worldly-minded mundane terrestrial
See also:earthly profane secular sophisticated
adjadj.allnot concerned with or devoted to religionSynset:profane
Examples:- sacred and profane music
- secular drama
- secular architecture
- children being brought up in an entirely profane environment
Antonyms:sacred
Derivationally Related Form:profaneness
Inherited Hypernyms:profane
Similar to:laic lay secular profanatory
See also:earthly impious secular temporal worldly
adjadj.allof or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vowsAntonyms:religious
Inherited Hypernyms:secular
adj satadj.allcharacteristic of those who are not members of the clergySynset:laic lay
Examples:- set his collar in laic rather than clerical position
- the lay ministry
Antonyms:sacred
Derivationally Related Form:laity
Inherited Hypernyms:laic
Similar to:profane secular