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ordinary lay

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noun

  1. the form of lay found in a cable-laid rope

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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)

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

Her father looked keenly at the pale, drawn face, and knew that something more than ordinary lay behind the overwhelming emotion with which she had received him.

From A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 by Taggart, Marion Ames

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

They may, however, also serve to give to the ordinary lay reader some idea of the Science of sciences, and perhaps to allure a few towards its study.

From An Introduction to Yoga by Besant, Annie Wood

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