ordinary lay
Britishnoun
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Moreover, the clergy were exempt from taxation and any control or discipline similar to that imposed on ordinary lay members.
From History of Human Society by Blackmar, Frank W. (Frank Wilson)
No ordinary lay person can judge her according to her deserts.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 14, 1841 by Various
With funds and knowledge at its disposal, the Church was better able than the ordinary lay seigneur to provide banal mills and means of communication.
From The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism by Munro, William Bennett
My after-luncheon visit to Felonsdene was of course professional, but if I had any chance I meant to satisfy an ordinary lay curiosity as well.
From Here and Hereafter by Pain, Barry
Time and again he would point out defects, which his legal mind detected in the wording of Bills, but which were not perceptible to the ordinary lay mind.
From Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 by Corfield, W. H. (William Henry)
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