different between layman vs laical

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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?le?.?k?l/

Adjective

laical (comparative more laical, superlative most laical)

1. (archaic) Of or pertaining to a layman or laity.
   • 1871, James Russell Lowell, My Study Windows, At Sea

     Laical literature.

Synonyms

• lay

Anagrams

• alalic

Spanish

Adjective

laical (plural laicales)

1. lay, laical (of or relating to the laity)