laic
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
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Etymology
Origin of laic
1555–65; < Late Latin lāicus < Greek lāikós of the people, equivalent to lā ( ós ) people + -ikos -ic
Example Sentences
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It's about what philosophical measures have to be taken to impose a powerful laic republic, unifying all.
From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2015
This meant little in the Middle Ages, when all intellectual callings were clerical, when at Oxford gownsman and clerk, townsman and laic, were convertible terms.
From Oxford and Her Colleges by Smith, Goldwin
Touching my peers, it is but necessary to say, that Mistress Martha Trapbois will none of them, whether clerical or laic.
From The Fortunes of Nigel by Scott, Walter, Sir
He will not dance to the pipe ecclesiastic, sound it who may—Churchman, Dissenter, priest, or laic.
From Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies by Jefferies, Richard
This monarch, father of Philippe-Auguste, fixed the number of peers of France, the great seigneurs who held directly from the crown, at twelve,—six laic and six ecclesiastical.
From Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1 by Walton, William
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