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Originally Posted by sunnyday
Sorry for the confusion. I'm a lifelong Catholic and we use the term "lay person" to mean anyone who is non-clergy. It has nothing to do with obtaining a degree. So a layperson, to me, would mean someone who was not a nun, etc, regardless of their degree status.
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Except, of course, that a nun is not clergy either; clergy = bishop, priest or deacon.
I think the group of people you're trying to describe would be lay (not clergy)
and non-religious (not members of a religious order of monks, friars, nuns or sisters. Clergy can be religious or secular.)