Usually means: Non-clergy, ordinary, everyday people.
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▸ noun:  (uncommon) laypeople

Similar:
commonfolk, lowling, just folks, pleb, citizen, prole, plebeian, commoner, lown, layabout, more...

Opposite:
clergy, religious leaders, ordained ministers

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Similar:
commonfolk, lowling, just folks, pleb, citizen, prole, plebeian, commoner, lown, layabout, more...

Opposite:
clergy, religious leaders, ordained ministers



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