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Synonyms for laics

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ley-ik
Phonetic Transcription : ˈleɪ ɪk

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Définition of laics

Origin :
  • 1560s, from French laïque (16c.), from Late Latin laicus, from Greek laikos "of or belonging to the people," from laos "people" (see lay (adj.)).
  • As in layperson : noun amateur person, not trained in religious or other profession
  • As in layman : noun amateur
  • As in nonprofessional : noun layperson
Example sentences :
  • He was laid with the others in the burying-ground of the Laics.
  • Extract from : « The Chronicle of the Canons Regular of Mount St. Agnes » by Thomas a Kempis
  • The work, under the same title but written by laics, extends further to the reign of Louis XI.
  • Extract from : « A Short History of French Literature » by George Saintsbury
  • Its doors, carefully closed to laics, open only to the mollahs, whose sacred breathings bring with them only happiness and piety.
  • Extract from : « The Catholic World. Volume III; Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. » by E. Rameur
  • Interfere not with a matter of which laics have no right to take cognisance.
  • Extract from : « History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Vol 2 » by J. H. Merle D'Aubign
  • Upwards of thirty thousand religious and laics spent the night near his tomb.
  • Extract from : « Curiosities of Superstition » by W. H. Davenport Adams
  • The religious and the laics of the capital hastened to the spot, and poured out tears mingled with sobs and cries.
  • Extract from : « Curiosities of Superstition » by W. H. Davenport Adams
  • The full complement of monks, including the laics, together with the Patriarch and two Bishops, is from forty to fifty.
  • Extract from : « Jerusalem Explored, Volume I--Text » by Ermete Pierotti
  • His body was laid in the burial-ground of the Laics, toward the south part and near the path.
  • Extract from : « The Chronicle of the Canons Regular of Mount St. Agnes » by Thomas a Kempis
  • At length, as he served the sick, he was smitten with the plague, and was laid in the burying-ground of the Laics.
  • Extract from : « The Chronicle of the Canons Regular of Mount St. Agnes » by Thomas a Kempis
  • He was laid with the other Laics in that burying-ground of ours that pertains to them of that condition.
  • Extract from : « The Chronicle of the Canons Regular of Mount St. Agnes » by Thomas a Kempis

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