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Webster 1913 Edition
Laic
La′ic
,Noun.
A layman.
Bp. Morton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Laic
LA'IC
,Definition 2024
laic
laic
See also: laïc
English
Alternative forms
- laick (obsolete)
Noun
laic (plural laics)
Adjective
laic (comparative more laic, superlative most laic)
- Lay, relating to laypersons, as opposed to clerical.
- 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica
- And in conclusion it reflects to the disrepute of our ministers ... [that] they should still be frequented with such an unprincipled, unedified and laic rabble, as that the whiff of every new pamphlet should stagger them out of their catechism and Christian walking.
- 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica