Definition of "laywomen" [laywomen]

• Plural form of laywoman. (noun)

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• "In its early days,the group was composed primarily of nuns, but now its ranks include almost as many 'laywomen' as sisters."
• "Particularly, I think, one of the reasons why the New York Times ad was so threatening was that you had women in religious communities, who don't normally face issues like birth control or abortion in their own lives, making common cause with 'laywomen' or married couples who do."
• "Mammography screening: truth, lies and controversy, from Radcliffe Publishing, spells out the findings of the Nordic Cochrane group for laywomen, rather than for scientists."