To free from ecclesiastical control ; give over to laypeople .
使脱离教会的控制；把……交给俗人管理。
I joined with pastors and laypeople to deal with communities that had been ravaged by plant closings .
我和牧师及普通民众一起，帮助因工厂倒闭而备受蹂躏的社区。
Today the monks , novices and laypeople are meeting here in order to study the method to develop meditation . We 're not interested in anything else because we 've done it already .
