layman in English

noun
1
a nonordained member of a church.
He was an active Catholic layman and served as figurehead president of the Empire State Building Corporation headed by a prominent Democrat.
2
a person without professional or specialized knowledge in a particular subject.
the book seems well suited to the interested layman

Use "layman" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "layman" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "layman", or refer to the context using the word "layman" in the English Dictionary.

1. Every cothurnus can bring up hero from layman.

2. Nor was Wilkins a layman championing a secular cause.

3. Synonyms: clergyperson, Clerical, clerk… Antonyms: layman, layperson, secular…

4. Where the law is concerned, I'm only a layman.

5. In regard to global warming, I'm just a layman.

6. In layman terms, a Component is responsible for some operations

7. 11 To the layman all these plants look pretty similar.

8. Recently, the layman to sing up more and more action.

9. To the layman all these plants look pretty similar.

10. Synonyms: nonprofessional, outsider, layperson, layman or woman More Synonyms of Amateur

11. The report was readable and understandable to the layman.

12. To a layman, it might all seem mildly amusing.

13. Book keeper is so simple and intuitive, layman can use

14. The layman is generally more concerned with their possible unethical uses.

15. The Quebec-born layman Louis Jolliet was to lead the expedition.

16. To the layman, the Curlews are a shy, unassuming family of birds

17. An article for the layman that Blurs the distinction between the two kinds of cholesterol

18. He's layman out and out, so you'd better not let him fold things up.

19. In the language of the layman the Epicrustal rocks can best be described as the'scum. ".

20. The judge, as a medical layman, will usually defer to the doctor’s medical expertise.

21. To be a layman, even to be anticlerical, is not necessarily to be irreligious.

22. My uncle posed as a connoisseur in paintings while actually he was only a layman.

23. And the rational thing for a layman to do is to take seriously the prevailing scientific theory.

24. 17 The subject matter was so technical as to be beyond the ken of the average layman.

25. Perplexities A layman venturing into the quantum world no doubt expects to encounter some fairly strange phenomena.

26. The only proviso was that a layman would be able to recognize the one from the other.

27. layman -l gives you a list of all available overlays, using the -a switch you can add other overlays.

28. His subtle facial twitches wouldn't be noticed by the layman, but to me... he might as well have been sobbing.

29. He did not retire into a monastery but lived in Rangoon as a layman, under constant police surveillance.

30. They have sensed, as the layman does not, the damage to established ideas which lurks in these relationships.

31. Arnaud de Cervolles, one of the most celebrated adventurers of the 14th century, called the Archpriest because though a layman he …

32. The mere mention of the words "heart failure", can conjure up, to the layman, the prospect of imminent death.

33. Its esoteric meaning is of the domain of the scholar rather than the layman - of the initiate rather than the priest.

34. 25 The mere mention of the words "heart failure", can conjure up, to the layman, the prospect of imminent death.

35. Banesh Hoffman, a collaborator of Einstein's, happens to be a great writer, possibly the best as books for the layman are concerned

36. In layman terms, the Hyde Act allows the U.S. Administration to engage in civil nuclear cooperation with India, waiving the following requirements:

37. The latest editions, including abridged and pocket versions, are useful starting points for the layman or student when faced with an unfamiliar legal term.

38. CANON XXIV: Any layman who has mutilated himself shall be excommunicated for three years, For he is a plotter against his own life.

39. The theory of viral communications is a bit hard for the layman (this writer included) to grok, so I asked Lippman for some examples.

40. PUTNAM'S HANDY LAW BOOK FOR THE LAYMAN ALBERT SIDNEY BOLLES The younger Brethren—whose number is unlimited—are Admissible at the pleasure of the court

41. It's an entirely new framework for understanding the illness, one that isn't easy to grok if you're a layman (as he was when he started).

42. And yet, there is one context in which economists talk about job scarcity in the same terms as an ordinary layman guilty of make-work bias.

43. To the liquor layman, Aguardiente might be described as Colombia’s version of tequila: a Latin American spirit that’s made—and makes you feel—a special type of way

44. PUTNAM'S HANDY LAW BOOK FOR THE LAYMAN ALBERT SIDNEY BOLLES For his sake General Maxgregor does outrage to his feelings and Conceals his passionate love for the queen

45. PUTNAM'S HANDY LAW BOOK FOR THE LAYMAN ALBERT SIDNEY BOLLES That could not be entered into without Conferring that obligation on all the parties represented at its formation

46. Present participle of blur Synonyms & Antonyms of Blurring (Entry 2 of 2) 1 to make (something) unclear to the understanding an article for the layman that blurs the …

47. Offenses against the public order and offenses against the person were mainly violent crimes, such as assault of a layman or police officer, threats, grievous bodily harm and affray.

48. Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman Albert Sidney Bolles So much for that terrible gale from the Gulf, which, as we afterward learned, did much damage to Coastwise …

49. Offenses against the public order and offenses against the person were mainly violent crimes, such as assault of a layman or police officer, threats, grievous bodily harm and affray

50. Enenuru periodical)/ "Some of you layman, like myself, have had their imaginations and/or intellects engaged by this field of study to such a degree that you may, overtly or covertly, have entertained a certain want - yes the want to be an Assyriologist.Few layman with even a strong interest in these studies can simply say “I want to be an Assyriologist” however, at