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
But I charge thee to beware of laic reason and human impulses.
From The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance by John Turvill Adams
The functionaries, laic and clerical, assented with much joy; and the Colonel required and received Wildrake's assistance in putting on his cloak and rapier, as if he had been the dependent whose part he acted.
From Woodstock; or, the Cavalier by Sir Walter Scott
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 Robert Black
The communal regimen was established in several towns, notably at St. Quentin and at Soissons, without trouble or violence, and with one accord amongst the laic and ecclesiastical lords and the inhabitants.
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 2 by Robert Black
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