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 .

今天，比丘、沙弥和在家众为了要修学禅修的方法而聚在这里，我们对其他方法都不感兴趣，因为那些我们早已经学过了。

Opus dei urges priests and laypeople to strenuously pursue sanctification through everyday discipline .

它要求牧师及俗人通过日常的规矩来努力追求圣化。

As the monks make their alms round , laypeople give them food . Monks are not allowed to refuse any food , whether it has animal ingredients or not .

当僧侣们接受在家人的轮施时，是不能拒绝任何食物的，不论食物中是否有动物配料成分。