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Where did the term "layman" come from?

Asked by JonnyCeltics (2721points) June 2nd, 2008
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You didn’t google, did you?
The term layman originated from the use of the term laity, but over the centuries, changed definition to mean a person who is a non-expert in a given field of knowledge.

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