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Synonyms for lay people
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ley-pee-puh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈleɪˌpi pəl |
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Définition of lay people
Origin :- 1972, gender-neutral version of layman.
- As in layman : noun amateur
- This does not mean that the lay people are working for the pastor and that their loyalty is to him.
- Extract from : « Herein is Love » by Reuel L. Howe
- There are here a congregation of priests and ten families of lay people.
- Extract from : « Ancient Faiths And Modern » by Thomas Inman
- These associations can consist of lay people at least in the majority.
- Extract from : « The War Upon Religion » by Rev. Francis A. Cunningham
- The whole attitude of parishes and lay people in this country towards their spiritual pastors is benevolent to a degree.
- Extract from : « Thirty Years in Australia » by Ada Cambridge
- But,' he said, 'is it not needful to the lay people that cannot thus do, to go shrive them to priests?'
- Extract from : « Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse » by Various
- Sometimes it seems as if lay people show less intelligence in the church than in their world.
- Extract from : « Herein is Love » by Reuel L. Howe
- All too often lay people assume that the problems of the ministry and of the church belong to the clergy alone.
- Extract from : « Herein is Love » by Reuel L. Howe
- The society is administrated by lay people, of whom the present officers are: MM.
- Extract from : « Montreal 1535-1914, Volume II (of 2) » by William Henry Atherton
- An appeal at this time was made by Bishop Bourget and colleges, convents and lay people responded in adopting the children.
- Extract from : « Montreal 1535-1914, Volume II (of 2) » by William Henry Atherton
- While I could not find out from the lay people I asked that any ague was there, I now understand it is all through that locality.
- Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 » by Various
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