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
So, also, must the laic who binds himself to observe eight of the whole ten Precepts for specified periods; during these periods he must be celibate.
From The Buddhist Catechism by Henry Steel Olcott
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 Richard Jefferies
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
I see! you can be none other than Wolfframb of Eschinbach, the most unfledged, ignorant laic of those who style themselves masters of the singer's craft up on the Wartburg.
From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann
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