ordinary lay

British  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

No ordinary lay person can judge her according to her deserts.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 14, 1841 by Various

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)

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)

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

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