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Webster 1913 Edition


Laic

La′ic

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Noun.
A layman.
Bp. Morton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Laic

LA'IC

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Definition 2024


laic

laic

See also: laïc

English

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Noun

laic (plural laics)

  1. A layperson, as opposed to a member of the clergy.

Adjective

laic (comparative more laic, superlative most laic)

  1. 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.

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Etymology

From Latin laĭcus (common people), from Ancient Greek λαός (laós).

Adjective

laic m (feminine laica, masculine plural laics, feminine plural laiques)

  1. laic

Noun

laic m (plural laics, feminine laica)

  1. layperson