The phrase "a lay order" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are referring to a command or directive that is simple or straightforward, often intended for someone without specialized knowledge.
Example: "The manager issued a lay order to ensure that all employees understood the new procedures without confusion."
Alternatives: "a simple order" or "a basic directive".
Both the British and Australian governments have formally apologised, as have organisations such as the Christian Brothers, a Catholic lay order, and Barnado's.
Archbishop Dolan was one of two Americans named as cardinals on Friday; the other was Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien, a witty Bronx native who headed the Archdiocese of Baltimore before becoming the head of a Catholic lay order based in Rome that seeks to support the Christian population of Israel.
He is in charge of a largely lay order, dating to the Crusades in the 11th century, of 30,000 members, half of them in North America, and his ornate title essentially means he is the pope's representative to Catholics in the Holy Land — a diplomatically sensitive job given Middle East politics.
In Spain, Italy and Latin America as well as France, businesspeople speak of the influence of Opus Dei, a conservative Catholic lay order which supports a number of business schools.
The reactionary lay order Opus Dei was transformed into a "personal prelature" accountable directly to the Pope.
He raised the reactionary lay order Opus Dei to the status of a "personal prelature" — the only personal prelature in the Church — directly responsible to him.
He raised the reactionary lay order Opus Dei to the status of a "personal prelature"—the only personal prelature in the Church directly responsible to him.
Last week, a team of Vatican investigators presented the results of its yearlong inquiry to the communities, seminaries and schools of the group and its lay order, Regnum Christi.
In response, lay ordered an investigation, but also that the investigators not second-guess the accountants.
In 1497 Luther was sent to nearby Magdeburg to attend a school operated by the Brethren of the Common Life, a lay monastic order whose emphasis on personal piety apparently exerted a lasting influence on him.
