laymen

noun

1. 1

   Layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy.

2. 2

   (by extension) Someone who is not a professional in a given field.

   “Carmen is not a professional anthropologist, but strictly a layman.”

3. 3

   A common person.

4. 4

   A person who is untrained or lacks knowledge of a subject.

5. 5

   A generally ignorant person.

6. 6

   Lay-sister or lay-brother, person received into a convent of monks, following the vows, but not being member of the order.