Sentence examples for lay society from inspiring English sources

A newly personal devotionalism was diffused from monastic cloisters into lay society.

There appears to be a high degree of monastic involvement with lay society, and the provision of special amenities for monks who prefer a strictly contemplative life, as in Sri Lanka and Thailand, has been well defined in practice.

Italian immigrants built lay society temples devoted to Galileo, da Vinci and Verdi, structures the likes of which are thought to exist nowhere else in the world, said Fabio Grementieri, an architect who specializes in buildings from the early 20th century.

These annual meetings attracted a large number of participants from diverse communities including researchers, practitioners, patient groups, policymakers and lay society.

Unfortunately, as the concept of a living will has increasingly permeated both medical culture and lay society, its meaning and purpose have been distorted.

Without lies, society as we know it wouldn't make sense.

The No campaign has been spearheaded by a number of Catholic lay civil society groups, with the institutional Catholic Church playing a relatively low-key role in the background.

"Instead of recognizing that the moral failure lies in society's unwillingness to embrace different gender identities and expressions, society blames transgender and gender non-conforming people for bringing the discrimination and violence on themselves".

In it he harkened back to the founding of the colony, saying "God sifted a whole Nation that he might send choice Grain over into this Wilderness", but also lamented what he saw as a decline in Massachusetts society, and urged the lay members of society to defer judgment to their clerical elders.

But it's doubtful such advice will make much difference, since the most meaningful protections against hatred lie with society's legal, political and educational systems.

But beneath the veneer of Turkish democracy lies a society where the generals, who have seized power three times, still hold sway.