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View synonyms for laic

laic

[ ley-ik ]

adjective

  1. Also laical. lay; secular.


noun

  1. one of the laity.

laic

/ ˈleɪɪk /

adjective

  1. of or involving the laity; secular
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a rare word for layman
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈlaicism, noun
  • ˈlaically, adverb
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Other Words From

  • la·i·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of laic1

1555–65; < Late Latin lāicus < Greek lāikós of the people, equivalent to ( ós ) people + -ikos -ic
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Word History and Origins

Origin of laic1

C15: from Late Latin lāicus lay ³
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Example Sentences

Touching my peers, it is but necessary to say, that Mistress Martha Trapbois will none of them, whether clerical or laic.

To offset such irrefutable evidence there is not one contemporary reference to a laic, or communal purpose.

Viollet-le-Duc called Laon the laic cathedral par excellence.

He was a faithful Laic and an Oblate, and when he finished his course was seventy years of age.

He was a devout man and very trusty; a Laic and Resignate that was born at Ralt, and he was nearly seventy-one years old.

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