lay person
Example Sentences
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"These forms are really difficult to navigate as a lawyer, so for a lay person I can see how it would be quite terrifying," she added.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2025
Likewise, it's obviously impossible for a lay person to know visually whether their local roach population is glucose-averse or not.
From Salon • Jul. 3, 2022
"I also express my pain and shock over the killing in Mexico the day before yesterday of two religious brothers of mine, Jesuits, and one lay person," Francis said.
From Reuters • Jun. 22, 2022
“If I had just been a lay person going to pick him up with no mask, kissing him, hugging him … it could be a different scenario now.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2020
At Adana, the church, the school, and the residence of the Catholic Armenian bishop, with all the revenues attached thereto, became the prey of two individuals, a priest and a lay person.
From Pius IX. And His Time by Dawson, Æneas MacDonell
