laic
Americanadjective
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Origin of laic
1555–65; < Late Latin lāicus < Greek lāikós of the people, equivalent to lā ( ós ) people + -ikos -ic
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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
Luther himself, at the same time that he reserved to the new German church a certain measure of spontaneity and liberty, had placed it under the protection and preponderance of laic sovereigns.
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 4 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
The great movement of thought of the thirteenth century is above all a religious movement, presenting a double character—it is popular and it is laic.
From Life of St. Francis of Assisi by Houghton, Louise Seymour
Like most supernatural virtues, it has a laic shadow; the counsel to abstain, and to be unsolicitous, is one not only of perfection, but also of polity.
From Modern Essays by Ayres, Harry Morgan
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