Word Study
laic
CIDE DICTIONARY
laic, a. [L. laicus: cf. F. laïque. See Lay laic.].
Of or pertaining to a layman or the laity. Lowell. [1913 Webster]
"An unprincipled, unedified, and laic rabble." [1913 Webster]
laic, n.
A layman. Bp. Morton. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
laic, adj. & n.
--adj. non-clerical; lay; secular; temporal.
--n. formal a lay person; a non-cleric.
--adj. non-clerical; lay; secular; temporal.
--n. formal a lay person; a non-cleric.
Derivative
laical adj. laically adv.
Etymology
LL f. Gk la{iuml}kos f. laos people
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