Sentence examples for been a layman from inspiring English sources

In 2000, His Holiness asked the archbishop of Barcelona, Ricard Maria Carles, if it was true that Antoni Gaudi had been a layman.

"Better to be a layman," they said.

If you're a layman, they are pretty indistinguishable [from the originals].

But he says he is "a layman, maybe not even that" when it comes to insects.

I have been reading astronomy and astrophisics books for 50 years, and being a layman only understand parts of them.

Being a layman carries the advantage that he is able to explain the subject well to other laypeople.

He chose to remain celibate even though he was a layman and under no requirement to do so.

Though he is a layman, he is far more passionate in his expression of religious sentiments than Thompson, who is a priest.

Being a layman, all I had to go by was the height — between four and a half and five feet tall.

Q: "So what's your problem, don't you know what a property developer is?" A: "... my problem is I'm a layman".

"To go from being a layman to a cleric overnight!" Mr. Mahallati exclaimed over dinner at a private home in Tehran one evening.