Sentence examples for layman of from inspiring English sources

A few weeks later, a Catholic layman of our parish gave me fifty dollars to make a start in the outside world.

In fact, what follows is not fanciful but hard-nosed, an authoritative account, addressed to the layman, of Hawking's understanding of space and time, the expanding universe, particle physics and the origins of the universe.

They were married only a short time, and I do not wish to hint or imply lurking scandal; I merely wonder, as a concerned viewer, as an informed layman of Southern history, why the marriage is not mentioned at all.

Mark Serrano, a board member of Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests, an advocacy and support group, said of Mr. Keating in a statement released yesterday: "If a layman of his prominence, skills and credentials can be forced out by a few thin-skinned bishops it's hard to be optimistic about the sincerity of church leaders and their pledges to do better on sexual abuse".

An MIMO auto-tuning method is develop that can be used by a layman of control.

Perhaps I was prejudiced by the awards dinner for "Catholic Layman of the Year" in the film, True Confessions.

A Jain layman, on account of his household and occupational compulsions, is unable to adhere to the five major vows of ascetic.

Clergy and laymen of other denominations joined the cause of abolition.

The rabbis, priests and laymen of varying religions have built relations with Egypt's traditional clerical establishment over the last decade.

The Jesuits' educational program, above all, began to prepare laymen of high social status for leadership roles.

Nuns and laywomen were responsible for writing and illuminating manuscripts throughout the Middle Ages, but they, like monks and laymen of the time, often remained anonymous.