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laywoman

 noun
     
Related topics: Religion
lay‧wom‧an plural laywomen [countable]
1 a woman not trained in a particular subject or type of work, especially when she is being compared with someone who is [= expert]
2RR a woman who is not a priest but is a member of a church
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