ordinary lay
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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 W. H. (William Henry) Corfield
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 Barry Pain
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 Marion Ames Taggart
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 Frank W. (Frank Wilson) Blackmar
The initiated might even wear the tonsure in the ordinary lay life.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Samuel Dill
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