laity

Laypeople considered as a group.

All those persons who are not members of a given profession or other specialized field.

The state of being a layman, or of not being in orders.

The people, as distinguished from the clergy; the body of the people not in orders; laymen collectively.

The people outside of a particular profession, as distinguished from those belonging to it; persons unskilled in a particular art or science, as distinguished from those who are professionally conversant with it.