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
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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
They were said to have their pantaloons, et cetera, all ready, to escape in a laic dress.
From Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge by James Aitken Wylie
I see! you can be none other than Wolfframb of Eschinbach, the most unfledged, ignorant laic of those who style themselves masters of the singer's craft up on the Wartburg.
From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann
The two kings strained every nerve to form laic alliances.
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 2 by Robert Black
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 Robert Black
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