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
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 Emile Joseph Dillon
It is the same in the financial and diplomatic services, in every branch of the administration, laic or ecclesiastical, in the physical order and in the moral order.
From The Modern Regime, Volume 1 by John Durand
It suppresses "all secular congregations of men and women ecclesiastic or laic, even those wholly devoted to hospital service will take away from 600,000 children the means of learning to read and write."
From The French Revolution - Volume 2 by John Durand
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
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