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Namely different people who have not taken orders (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

laymen

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'people who have not taken orders' is the definition.
'laymen' can be an answer for 'people' (layman is a kind of person). I'm not sure about the rest of the definition.

'namely different' is the wordplay.
'different' indicates anagramming the letters.
'namely' with letters rearranged gives 'LAYMEN'.

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(Other definitions for laymen that I've seen before include "amateurs" , "fellows in congregation" , "People with little expertise" , "Amateur" , "Non-professionals" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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