Dedicated lay men and women sometimes act as trustees or custodians for their temples, taking part in the financial planning and management of the temple.
In lay man language agroforestry could be understood as growing of forest tree along with agriculture crop on the same piece of land.
The old monastic orders had attached to their abbeys confraternities of lay men and women, going back in some cases to the 8th century.
But even though his book was intended for contemplatives, it was also widely read by lay men and women.
The majority of the teaching faculty is made up of lay men and women.
While most, if not all, current teachers are lay men and women, Catholicism plays a huge role in defining this community.
There quickly developed the interest to share in this spirituality among lay men and women.
From 1869 to 1877, it also functioned as a college for lay men.
They commit themselves to the implementation of this ideal in collaboration with lay men and women engaged in various ministries.
The king sponsored lay young men who would become noviciates of the monastery.