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
The two kings strained every nerve to form laic alliances.
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 2 by Robert Black
Ferdinand's Campaigns henceforth, which turn all on the defence of Hanover, are highly recommended to professional readers; but to the laic sort do not prove interesting in proportion to the trouble.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20 by Thomas Carlyle
Boniface had not the wit to recognize the changes which had taken place in European communities, and the decided progress which had been made by laic influences and civil powers.
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 2 by Robert Black
The functionaries, laic and clerical, assented with much joy; and the Colonel required and received Wildrake's assistance in putting on his cloak and rapier, as if he had been the dependent whose part he acted.
From Woodstock; or, the Cavalier by Sir Walter Scott
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