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Meanings of laity in English
All members who are not a part of the clergy.
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Examples for "layman"
Examples for "layman"
1
Now you're beginning to see it from a layman's point of view.
2
This book is written in terms that are comprehensible to the layman.
3
To the simple layman, it merely appears that Reeves is trying harder.
4
But it was quite a natural suggestion for a layman to make.
5
But in all other respects he shall be considered as a layman.
1
Some laymen say: it's all those chemicals they're spraying on our food.
2
The reception began with the ecclesiastical commanders and the laymen came afterwards.
3
We must assume trade is more important than hostilities to the laymen.
4
Clergy and laymen practiced various forms of self-denial without becoming actual monks.
5
Therefore neither is it lawful for laymen to kill anyone in self-defense.
1
If we declare allegiance to the feminist movement, finding role models or relevant books (written in laywoman's terms) is a whole new challenge.
Usage of laity in English
1
It has infected not only the general profession, but also the laity.
2
As a consequence the parsons and monks were hated by the laity.
3
Swedenborg has given us the true signification of ordination by the laity.
4
These regulations applied to the laity as well as to the clergy.
5
How much better the impression on the laity than soaking and rubbing!
6
The best brain of the Christian laity should be engaged in this business.
7
Therefore it was said that the images were the Bible of the laity.
8
The Puritanical distinction between clergy and laity had scarcely faded in his mind.
9
I am only pleading for the harmless and the necessary laity.
10
After a while the plays became so popular that the laity presented them.
11
The laity had resumed the ferocious manners of their pagan forefathers.
12
But the offensive spirit of the Portuguese laity was not to be repressed.
13
All professions are conspiracies against the laity, said George Bernard Shaw.
14
The king found his ecclesiastical subjects as compliant as the laity.
15
The synod also passed a vote, prohibiting the laity from wearing long hair.
16
I'd love the laity to have more say in the church.
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