different between cleric vs layman

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin cl?ricus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (kl?rikós), from ?????? (klêros, “a casting lots, drawing lots”). Many officers at Athens obtained their offices by lot, as opposed to election (Liddell and Scott). Doublet of clerk.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kl???k/
• Rhymes: -???k

Noun

cleric (plural clerics)

1. A clergy member.
2. (role-playing games) A spellcaster class that receives their spells (especially healing) from their deity.

Related terms

• clergy
• clergyman
• clerical
• clerk

Translations

Further reading

• cleric in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• cleric in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• cleric at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Circle, circle

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin clericus

Noun

cleric m (plural clerici)

1. cleric

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle English lay +? man.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?le?m?n/
• Rhymes: -e?m?n

Noun

layman (plural laymen)

1. Layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy.
2. (by extension) Someone who is not a professional in a given field.

3. A common person.
4. A person who is untrained or lacks knowledge of a subject.
   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 221d.

     should he be held to be just a layman, or does he have some art?

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

Antonyms

• cleric
• priest
• monk
• friar
• expert
• specialist
• professional

Derived terms

• in layman's terms

Related terms

• laity

Translations

Anagrams

• yalman