Layman

(noun.) someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person.

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• I myself am a layman, but I have given no inconsiderable attention to the divisions in the Church and-- Oh, damn the divisions! 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Holy father, said the knight, upon whose countenance it hath pleased Heaven to work such a miracle, permit a sinful layman to crave thy name? 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• To the layman the bones are a mere curiosity. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• I tell thee, friar, thou must lay down the rosary and take up the quarter-staff; we shall need every one of our merry men, whether clerk or layman. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• The layman's distrust of the unverified hypothesis is in the mai n wholesome. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• The church, in comparison with its later state, was more in the hands of local laymen and the local ruler; it lacked its later universality. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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