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
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 Black, Robert
The laic judges, Raoul Bouteillier, baillie of Rouen, and his lieutenant, Peter Daron, were alone qualified to pronounce sentence of death; but no time was given them.
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 3 by Black, Robert
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
My Son," had the worthy father said to him, "thou goest out in the world as a laic.
From Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle by Hausrath, Adolf
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