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
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
Touching my peers, it is but necessary to say, that Mistress Martha Trapbois will none of them, whether clerical or laic.
From The Fortunes of Nigel by Scott, Walter, Sir
It is needless to point out that in this series of oaths, these obligations imposed upon the knights, there is a moral development very superior to that of the laic society of the period.
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 1 by Guizot, M. (François)
Catholicism has adapted itself in practice to laic legislation and to the exigencies of modern life.
From The Inside Story of the Peace Conference by Dillon, Emile Joseph
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